Essays on Tribal

Reflection Paper on Tribal leadership

David said that if people had t-shirts at this stage could read, "Life sucks" and what they utter with their mouths sustain this statement (Logan). No wonder with this information I was able to understand why most people hostile, in despair, and they group up to continue living in the unfair and violent world.

Apathetic Victim

Persons in this second stage are passively aggressive and antagonistic. Often they cross their arms in decisions. However, they hardly get interested enough to ignite any excitement. In fact, most of their laughter is resigned and sarcastic (Logan). According to me, they are the ineffective ...

According to David Logan tribal leadership video, it focuses on five kinds of tribes that people naturally form which in turn influences their behaviors. In every community, the day to day language that is used by people at their work place and their relationship with other members of the tribe is an indication at which stage is the tribe functioning (Logan & Fischer, 2008). They explicitly dismiss all beliefs, attitudes or other factor which cannot be observed directly. By focusing on language and behavior there are more in the behaviouristics tradition, than grounding their tribes in cognitive framework.

This stages which David Logan talk about are elaborated below

Stage 1: ...

It is well-known that Native American cultures are characterized by their unbreakable connection with nature and peculiar spirituality which differs profoundly from that of Christians and other newcomers to the New World. The Cherokee and Iroquois tribes are distinguished by quite unusual and interesting perceptions of the world, origins of humans and morality, and these perceptions are embodies in Native oral traditions, cosmology and legends handed down from one generation to another. As Parker notes, “the creation story is for every group and for every person some form of coming to an awareness of their own existence, their world ...

Policy Analysis: Issue of Health Disparities in Alaska Natives and American Indians

Health disparities among Alaska Natives and American Indians (AI/ANs) have been reported since the initial contact that occurred nearly 500 years in the past. Moreover, the disparities are common in every age and across a wide spectrum of various disease categories (Sarche & Spicer, 2008). Accordingly, AI/ANs endure persistent health disparities that include health status decline, barriers to essential health services, and high uninsured rates. The group also experiences a lower status of health in comparison to other Americans (Frizzell, 2016). The disproportionate burden of disease and reduced life expectancy in AI/ANs can be attributed to cultural differences, discrimination in ...

How tribe complicate the East and West relations

Tribe describes a collection of concerns in the society as well as social norms not only in the Middle East countries but all over the world. For instance, the value of tribe has had a strong influence from Iraq to the Arabian Peninsula up to the West of Morocco on determining the culture of politics and the state of society in the Middle East. According to historians, tribe have always sat for credible threats to the central governments. Therefore, it has played significant roles in making and pull apart the ruling dynasties. The western people think that tribal persons ...

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However being hidden among the abundant and eloquent metaphors, the poet raises in the poem a wide range of issues. It may be noticed that according to the certain topics raised the mood of the poems gradually changes, too: firstly, the poet provides the flashbacks to the early childhood and praises mother tongue, depicting it as “a tender flower with lots of fragrances”, “an ornament for dignity and beauty of people”, “a playground for their incessant aspirations” (Laoti 1). The tone then changes when he illustrates the existence without a mother tongue: “Neither heart neither leaps up ...

According to Christopher Bader, Joe Baker and Frederick Carson Mencken in Paranormal America: Ghost encounters, UFO sightings, Bigfoot hunts, and other curiosities in religion and culture (2011) research shows that “more than 2/3 of Americans have paranormal beliefs with this being manifested in their penchant for movies with paranormal themes. This statistic is not alarming since evidently the paranormal and the supernatural have been a part of human culture since the beginning of time. In fact, in most religions paranormal experiences are either commonplace, or show up without alarm to the persons practicing that particular religion. While persons without ...

Introduction

A lot of global attention has recently been directed towards the ongoing conflict in South Sudan. Less than five years after seceding from the Sudan, the newly formed country has been embroiled in a tribal conflict that has quickly escalated into a civil war. At the very heart of the conflict is a fight over resources between the two major tribes, Nuer and Dinka, which make up the dominant tribes in the country. The onset of the civil war was a political power struggle between President Kiir and his former deputy Riek Machar (Civil War in South Sudan, 2016). ...

Introduction

As the manager of an IT company experiencing a merger or acquisition, it is the perfect opportunity to reevaluate, or improve the situation because the customers would normally expect the worst if they are unaware of the process. “A great deal of the mergers fails to deliver the promised improvements which were previously specified and it interferes with the shareholder value. This may happen to be the result of knowing that merger or acquisition decisions are inherent tradeoffs” (McLelland, Goldsmith, & McMahon, 2014). Companies tend to focus more on the aspects of reducing their overall operational costs or worrying about ...

Description

According to the official reports, the Gun Lake Casino will double its size when it completes a $76M expansion. In 2017 nearly 73,000 square feet of space will be added to the existing miles. Such project includes a new gambling room and lounge.

«Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma plans to launch gambling website after ruling»

The Oklahoma-based tribe is going to launch an international gambling site. It will allow players to take part in casino games in real time. This case depends on an arbitrator's decision whether it violates state or federal laws. The Seneca Nation starts to expand its casino in Buffalo. It aims to add additional gambling, restaurant ...

Charles Wilkinson and his famous book “Blood Struggle: The Rise of Modern Indian Nations” provide a brilliant description of the life of American Indians and how Indian tribes' could lose their sovereignty in the 1950s that was the turning point in the history of Indian nations. The author of the book characterizes Indians as passive victims of dark pages of their history. In fact, the author provides the description of separate stories which prove how American Indians became the active creators of their own history and moved from dispossession and darkness to well being and flourishing. Wilkinson accurately demonstrates ...

Introduction

Healthcare is an integral part of a nation’s well-being. Despite its importance, there has been an increasing trend in the costs of health care. With the current high national debt, health care reimbursement should be part of the equation ("Healthcare Reimbursement | Knowledge Hub | athenahealth", 2016). The policy makers, physicians, and patients are well aware of the steps they need to take to reduce the costs of health care by considering health insurance plans. The insurance policies enable the doctors and other health practitioners to provide quality and efficient health care to the people. Health insurance payers are provided ...

Part One

Chapter 1: After the WWII, the United States experienced industrialization, population boom, and the “America First” pride that pushed the country forward, while Indianness symbolized past. As the result, the nation and the government wanted to assimilate Indians as soon as possible, and the BIA took the leading role in this process. Furthermore, the BIA managed all Indian issues. The absence of exclusive rights on the tribes’ territories, the consequences of the 1887 General Allotment Act, and the new harden policies that aimed to cause the rapid assimilation of Indians led to lack of food, health and education services, ...

It is easy as a student of history to ignore major development with Native American tribes after the end of the nineteenth century and the so-called “closing of the frontier.” This is seen by many as the end of an era and a time where the federal government had finally settled its policy regarding the status and treatment of this country’s many Native American tribes. Charles Wilkinson in Blood Struggle paints a completely different picture of how the relationship between the tribes and the US government developed through the course of the second half of the twentieth century. ...

Question 1

The most important and significant assets of the business are the customers. The decisions for the mergers and acquisitions are being made to acquire the trust of the customers they have. Holding the first and preliminary customers is one of the most difficult and toughest jobs, mainly after the merger and acquisition of the organizations. The ownership of the company does not mean to the customers as all they desire and want is the smooth, kind and flat service and treatment. Their expectations remain same that their work must be done in the same system and process as it ...

History is the study of past events especially involving human affairs. It also includes the study of following past incidents in the history of humankind connected to someone or something. Studying history assists humanity in understanding how the society has transformed in time. It also helps students relate various modern trends in the society and compares them to the progression from the early times (Bartolome 4). History is also an element of filtering the learned from the unlearned. Historians believe that by use of historical knowledge of facts and figures one can be able to determine the level of ...

History

Introduction The Marshall Trilogy refers to the three landmark cases that became the foundation of today’s context of tribal sovereignty. Chief Justice John Marshall played a significant role in the formation of federal Indian law and most specially the American legal system. The Marshall Court made important decisions that shaped the frameworks o the federal Indian law. The three cases relate to land issues asserting the Doctrine of Discovery, fight of removal, and control of activities in the Indian land. The discussion will explore the context of the Marshall Trilogy articulating the cases of Johnson v. M’Intosh, ...

Expressionism is referred as a modernist form of art that was initially introduced in Germany during the early part of the 20th century. The main feature of this art is to present a subjective perspective by altering its elements to stimulate emotional impact which eventually leads to conjuring certain moods and perception. There was the conviction that artists have the ability to express some form of inner awareness through their works of art, and this notion has been prevalent among artist and intellectuals in Germany in early twentieth century (Perry, 1993). In due course, the expressionist considered looking for ...

Introduction

It seems difficult to analyze democratic transition from the standpoint of international dimension both theoretically and practically because not so much literatures that discuss about what the external environment actually is and how it might contribute to domestic change (Cavatorta 2005). However, it does not mean that international context will be ignored in the analysis process because international factors might have impacts on the transition process through their connections with domestic actors particularly in terms of distribution of power and resources, which in turn have effect on how they will act (Cavatorta 2005). One thing to remember is a ...

Kuwait, as a nation, has faced a number of successive revolutions, all led by the country’s youth. Despite its immense oil wealth, as the third greatest producing member of OPEC, Kuwait is small country. It has a total population of just 1.2 million people, and as a result is often overlooked on the diplomatic level. Moreover, it has a fragmented and complex political structure that can be challenging for outsiders to understand. So, Kuwait stayed largely out of the media, and international affairs, since it was released from Iraqi occupation in 1991, by Western armed forces. At that ...

The institutional affiliation

Nelson Mandela is considered to be one of the few statesmen who have achieved almost universal respect around the world and within the political elite. Mandela’s “exceptionalism” was in his ability to motivate people to reconcile, to be patient and tolerant to each other. Believing that one day the good would prevail all the bad in the humanity, his way of thinking became a great role model for achieving justice where human rights were abused (Schoenmaker, 2014). Nelson Mandela was a dedicated leader who had the capacity to sacrifice his own interests for the sake of the national ...

Introduction

The end of the nineteenth century is the period of the final partition of Africa between the European powers. European states demanded the immediate "salvation" of “savages” and bringing the noble atmosphere of the church Sunday schools to Africa. One of the latest British acquisitions was the State of Benin, the remains of the once mighty forest empire. The art of Benin was developed under the direct influence of the more ancient culture of Ife. In the XV-XVII centuries this art has reached its zenith. At this time (1400) Benin kingdom (which previously recognized the authority of the supreme ...

A THERAPY PROGRAM FOR VICTIMS OF POST ELECTION VIOLENCE IN KENYA

After the controversial elections that took place in Kenya, there were problems that required intervention, from within the country as well as through the international community. Several people lost their homes, causing them to become internally displaced; others lost their businesses, farms and loved ones. People experienced harsh realities brought about by tribal clashes that were spread out over most of the country (Linke, 2013). The violence occurred over a period of nearly three months on counting, during this time people, developed bitterness and hatred and others experience post-traumatic stress among other psychological implications (Perkonigg, Kessler, Storz, & Wittchen, 2000). ...

Native Oil

Oil, a source of wealth and power, is often a contested ground of conflict. This conflict is further intensified if erupting between parties of different cultural backgrounds. Then again, conflict over oil assumes further intensity still if accompanied by acts of mass displacement of native populations. The enjoyment of wealth becomes, accordingly, a double crime of capturing natural resources illegally and occupying native land. The case of Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota is one most insightful example (McDonald).   Red Tipped Arrow, or Tex Hall, is a tribal leader who controls, via a board, one-third of oil production in ...

Return of the Native

1. Signed in 1783, the Treaty of Paris was a peace deal between the United States of America and The Great Britain. It was responsible for the creation of the first international boundary for the United States. It divided the land of the newly formed American Nation and the American Indian tribes. The conflict was ready even before the agreed borders took effect. Although the French assumed that the Americans would honor the territorial rights of the Indian nations, they were apparently unaware of the settlements which extend well into Indian lands. Moreover, the economy of the American nation, ...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the traditional institution of trade and economics among the Trobriand Islanders. The primary focus is on the symbolic interpretation of the acts involved in the kula ring and in yam production, display and distribution. The first section of the paper explains the kula ring and how it operated in Trobriand society at the time of the first ethnographic description of the Trobrianders by Malinowski in 1914. The second section examines how social hierarchy is expressed in trade within the kula ring. The third section looks at the difference between symbolic gift ...

Question One

Many families moved to the United States of America for various reasons, which includes social and economic reasons. However, during and after the world wars (1&2), many families migrated from their homelands for various reasons, which include both positive and negative effects. In this precept, the auspices of the World Wars saw many communities voyaging to the United States of America in search of employment, safety due to civil wars back at home, and other reasons that include education (Marger 217). Most of these immigrants occupy spaces in urban areas, where they are able to get housing and other ...

African resistance to colonial powers has an extensive history that dates before the nineteenth century. The responses to colonial rule varied by location, religion, and resources that included both violent and nonviolent tactics. It is important to note that most rebellions were complex and strategically planned in the rising intolerance of colonial rule on the continent of Africa. Although Europeans aimed to divide and conquer, they did not always successfully change relationships among African communities who worked together in resistance. Nonetheless, foreign colonial powers were successful in recruiting tribes to assist in conquering other tribes who were in conflict. ...

Discussion 1:

Part 1: Controversies surrounding the "discovery" of America with specific details.The discovery of America is dated as early as 1492 and accredited to a renowned Spanish explorer, Christopher Columbus who is believed to have set out of Spain in a maritime expedition that would lead to the discovery of the Americas, introduction of Christianity and the eventual colonization of the country. Due to the determination of Columbus and his counterparts to discover, conquer and exploit new areas for the untouched wealth, he viewed and handled the local indigenous people as real impediments to his mission. There exist tripartite compositions ...

YUROK RESERVATION LANDS 1893-1992

Primitive Indian Tribes Living in California, US. Forest reservation is one of the major natural resources in a country, and the government needs to take proper control measures to ensure the forests are maintained. Other resources include plants and rivers that provide rainfall to the community. Yurok forests history has helped readers understand how the forest came into existence today and its geographical scope of natural resources along the region. Yurok indigenous resources cover more than 400,000 acres of land, and it includes a narrow strip of territory along the coast from a little river in Wilson Creek ...

Introduction

While many academics debate ethical topics such as anthropological research, the modern day tribal members face more pressing issues, many of them economic. An important component of modern first peoples economic rights include the 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, which Congress enacted in order to control the way in which the National Indian Gaming Commission conducts business. Even though the Oneida of the twentieth and twenty-first century are separated from their relatives in central New York, Iroquois and others, the Oneida are included in discussions about gaming and economics with these and others who are connected to the nations ...

In their coauthored article, Kim Tallbear and Deborah A. Bolnick write about a relatively new practice of determining ancestry by employing DNA tests. As of 2004, there are at least fourteen companies that provide Native American DNA tests, reflecting the growing trend of people using this method in order to validate their ancestry (Bolnick, Tallbear). In their article, the two scientists discuss several negative implications of these tests as well as their harmful effects on Native American tribes. The one prevailing motivation for taking these tests seems to be their supposed power to validate people’s ethnic identity and ...

What was the African American Renaissance, and how did it influence American culture and society?

African American Renaissance and its influence The time period 1918-1937 is known for the cultural movement the African Americans in Harlem took place. African Americans struggled against slavery against the white supremacy for decades which ended in the Harlem or African American Renaissance. The revolutionary movement after the great migration brought a remarkable cultural uplift in the American culture. Literary writing, compositions and music became a source of cultural rehabilitation instead of music alone. It allowed the expression pride for the African Americans’ independence and increased black militancy (Harlem Renaissance n.d.).

Why was the Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) passed, and what was its impact?

Indian Reorganization Act and its impacts Indian Reorganization ...

1. The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act is a federal law that governs the Indian Gaming in order to provide security for the industry and restrict involvement from State governments. The Act signed by President Ronald Regan, provides financial stability to American Indian Governments and sets up a regulatory standard for all tribes to follow in the interest of fairness. The Act comprises of three classes. Class I has minor games such as raffles and conducted only during local festivals or ceremonies. The prizes awarded are in any range since the State Government cannot have any ceiling. The State officials ...

In the Indian territory, there is an epidemic of domestic violence. Women of domestic violence had not had much help from authorities or tribal enforcement. Women who were victims of domestic violence would have to be injured severely before the Federal government would assist. Domestic violence abusers were taking advantage of not having anyone step in to stop them from hurting women. When there is a Tribal court for domestic violence charges against an individual, he may not have an attorney. In some of the Indian territories, there is legal counsel that can be used for court cases. In ...

Conflicts in the African continent are notorious with their complexity. There are host of reasons for that. These include the complicated history of Africa, especially of the last several centuries when existing divergences were accentuated by the presence of colonists who imposed new circumstances and conditions. These also include many natural reasons stemming from climate conditions and geopolitical situation of Africa. These include as well the ethnical and tribal divergences that turned out to be the major fueling factor in the conflict that set it ablaze for almost fifteen years. There is one thing I am going to make ...

“Paganism” is an extremely unclear term that appeared in church circles to refer to the pre-Christian era where people had diverse religious worldviews. Those were beliefs of primitive tribes, pre-Christian beliefs of the Slavs, Finns, Germans, Celts and pre-Islamic religion of the Tatars. In East Slavic paganism there can be found all the stages that were intrinsic to other pagan cults that existed in other nations. The ancient extant sources testify the worship of the ancient Slavs to objects and phenomena. The worship of, for example, stones, trees, groves was the important constituent of those beliefs. The cult of ...

Over time the amount of different tribes and parties who have controlled and or tried to control Afghanistan have created an environment where control is almost impossible. The lack of a stable central government for so many years has caused a power vacuum where no one central power can effectively control the country due to long-standing rivalries and tribal relationships creating the fractured state that we see today. Tribal rivalries and feuds are one of the main reasons for the power vacuum and lack of a central government that exists in Afghanistan today. Afghan tribes have been conflicting with ...

Introduction

Most of the African countries were under the colonial rule. Due to the growth of industries in Europe, which was facilitated by the concept of industrialization that saw numerous economic, social and industrial changes in Europe, European countries had to look for raw materials for their industries. Consequently, they ventured into the African continent and other parts of the world in search of places where they would get raw materials for their industries back at home (Ahluwalia, 2012). Various European countries portioned Africa into different colonies, and Kenya was taken by Britain. Kenya is a beautiful country that is ...

The three critical comments (things the writer can work on to improve the essay) and one positive comment (something the writer does well). Critical comment one - The writer of the article does not have a good flow of thought. When writing an essay, it is important to have a logical flow of thought to introduce a concept. The flow should be in a chronological order instead of patching words up to fill a page. This can be seen from the first page where the writer introduces the concept of entertainment but the follow up and flow of ideas ...

Pow-wow is a Native American cultural gathering held annually to celebrate and honor the tribal customs and cultural connectedness. The term pow-wow has originated from the word powwaw, a native Indian word which means a “healing ceremony” led by spiritual or religious leaders from different tribes (Schweigman, et al, n.p.). While there is no clear evidence when the pow-wow started, it is believed to have originated from the Pawnee tribe where their religious ceremonial meeting includes dancing and other rituals. Since then, other Indian tribes have adopted the ceremony and integrated their own traditions. The Indians have practiced this ...

Doi Suthep-Pui National Park

Doi Suthep-Pui National Park

Rationale for choosing Doi Suthep-Pui National Park landscape

The Doi Suthep-Pui National Park is considered as one of the greatest cultural landscapes in Thailand’s Chiang Mai Province. The cultural landscape meets the high standards of international criteria on the aspects of its richness in natural aspects since it offers a scenic location of biodiversity besides having both rare and endangered species in its vicinity. The Doi Suthep-Pui National Park is critically a significant venue for a visit as it presents different cultural and natural attractions, for instance, the Phra That Doi Suthep Temple (Sponsel, 2014). Additionally, tribal people have lived in the ...

Introduction

Globalization is an inevitable phenomenon in the history and future of humanity. It means that the world because of the exchange of goods and products, information, knowledge and cultural values has ​​become more interconnected. Over the past decade, though, the pace of this global integration has become much higher due to the unprecedented and impressive achievements in the areas of technology, communications, science, transport and industry. Although it is believed that the globalization processes have been launched in 1492 by Christopher Columbus, the world community forgets the globalization processes of the ancient world, especially the most famous of ancient ...

Understanding the Local Society in which Counterinsurgency Operations are conducted is Critical to Mission Success. Discuss. There has been a history in world political affairs when insurgency has forced single or joint counterinsurgency operations, organized in collaboration with the ruling government of that country to help it militarily to defeat insurgent forces. Before writing on counterinsurgency, we need to comprehend its meaning, which is an antonym of insurgency. According to Cambridge Dictionary Online, insurgency refers to a scenario when a country is taken control of by its people through the use of arms and ammunition, in other words, forcefully. ...

Today, the Anishinabe people form the second largest population in North America. The Anishinabe have one principle quality of unity that identifies them. The have myths that they believe to have originated from the Great Lakes. They had always known each other as Anishinabek. It was only after the French and the Europeans arrived that they were identified as tribes and identified with different names and different characteristics. They are composed of various tribes including Ojibway, Ottawa, Potawatomi and many others; they may be different, but they are related in many aspects such as their culture and the languages ...

Islam in Saudi Arabia

Introduction. In his book Islam in Saudi Arabia David Commins takes us through the journey of Islam as a religion in Saudi from the eighteenth century up to the twentieth century. Chapter three is titled Wahhabism and the modern state. Wahhabism rose when Wahhab and Ibn Saud signed a pact giving rise to the state of Saudi Arabia. Having been promised power and religious legitimacy by Wahhab, Ibn Saud then pledged to ensure that the teachings of Wahhabism were carried out in the entire Kingdom. In this chapter, we see how subsequent rulers handled crisis through initiating changes like ...

Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) is one of the FEMA entities. It is situated in Anniston, Alabama. It provides training facilities for Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) under its federally controlled training center by the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) <https://training.fema.gov/>. The CDP is dedicated to the cause of preparing and enabling residents to respond to all risky occurrences. The primary job of CDP is to shortlist, educate, evaluate, and provide practical training to responders for handling emergency situations. Responders can belong to local, state or tribal communities <https://cdp.dhs.gov/about/>. The number of emergency responders has ...

Some cities were imagined, designed and created wholly or partially in a way that forever provided shape for their histories and identities, governments and religions as well as for the economies of their citizens. An example is the great city of Jerusalem. Whatever they were or however they developed later in time, the details of their foundation, along the momentous and monumental contractions that redesigned or redefined various sectors within them make them case studies in the historical processes that surround cities as well as their regional and continental effects. The paper attempts to identify the evolution of Jerusalem ...

Introduction

Tribal courts are a common phenomenon among American Indians/Native Americans. Their existence has been shaped and aligned along the Anglo-styled justice system that is dominant in the United States of America. There is a need to learn and understand the development of the tribal courts as relates to the American Indian approach. For instance, it is worth-noting that there exist several similarities between the 19th and 20th century American Indian experiences. The introduction of the Anglo-styled system of justice also means that the system to be used should be balanced. Whereas the tribal courts represent the past, the Anglo-styled ...

This essay seeks to explain more on various world economies to include, Ottoman, Safavid, Qajar and North Africa. These savings had existed before the modern global economy came into existence. On the eve of world war 1, Ottoman empire comprising of present day Turkey, Syria and Palestine, Iraq and parts of the Arabian Peninsula, originates from early times of the reign of Suleiman who was the Magnificent. He led the country into becoming one multinational, and lingual country that had Western Asia, North America, Caucasus and South East Europe under their rule. It had a period of economic reforms ...

The adversarial courts and Navajo courts are different in many ways. The Navajo people have courts that involve peacemaking and adequate justice. The Navajo courts offer a system that was set in the cultural setting of the people who make up the Navajo Native Americans. The Peacemaking court system is not considered to be conflicting or problematic. The idea of peace is used to portray the court system and does not consider adversarial attitudes in their court system. This services if offered by the court system for people to contribute peace and resolution. They offer assistance to other court ...

The legal documents used in United States court premises seem to be contradictory in some sense because they recognize the United States constitution as the law that is supreme, but also appreciate and recognize the sovereign nature of Native American nations. As such, due to the contradiction, the Native Americans have always suffered and the contradiction in the laws has persisted for over two centuries (Wilkins 41). This contradiction of laws has been at the detriment of Native Indians by failing to identify their unique status as original inhabitants of the continent. The American Indians are unique to the ...

Introduction: Depiction of the ‘divine’ in religion

The depiction of the divine in a religion often indicates the true belief and rationale that the religion wants to propagate to its followers and other believers. Hinduism is one of the oldest religions in the world and has a stringent affinity towards the preservation and conservation of ecological and environmental elements. This notion is also evident in the depiction of the divine in all the texts and visuals related to the Hinduism. The fundamental principle on which the depiction of divinity in Hinduism depends upon is that the divine prevails in all the aspects of nature and in ...

Gender Identity

Gender identity starts its formation at home, and in Saudi Arabia it is not different. Home life greatly influences a person’s growth and is the root of cultural understanding (Mahler, 2012). In Saudi, home is usually seen as a work place for women, hence men form the majority of shopkeepers in the region. Women are also restricted to live in their parent’s house until they get married where they move to their husbands home. In America, however, women are perceived as independent human beings who can work anywhere they choose. Additionally, they are free to move out ...

The Dawes Act (1887) The Dawes Act of 1887 was intended to assimilate Native Americans, with the intent of making them more like white Americans. To do so, various Native American tribes were removed from their homelands and relocated to areas called Indian Territory. Upon arrival at their new lands, they were told that the land they now occupied was to be owned communally, whereas, prior to the Dawes Act, Native American tribal communities individually owned their own familial lands. On February 8, 1887, the 49th Congress went on to specify in detail, how these communal lands were to ...

Introduction to Art and Aestheticism

Art is defined as the expression or application of creative skill and imagination, especially through visual medium like painting, sculpture, illustration or any kind of performing art as well. Art is non evaluative term. It means that no one could say whether it is good or bad. Instead the focus of the critics should be on interpretation and assessment. The term aesthetics is related to the beauty of art. Berleant (1992) calls art as a product of human relationship. The contextual phenomena of aesthetics changed in course of time and according to the contemporary situations. The modern aesthetic was ...

The Resource Curse, which is also called the paradox of plenty, refers to the observation that countries that are rich in natural resources, usually non-renewable natural resources like metals, minerals, oil etc. tend to see lower rates of economic growth, problematic experience with authoritarian governments, and generally poor development indicators when compared with countries that have lesser or none of the natural resource (Venables, 2016). This resource curse is not a rule or law, but rather a struggle to explain why resource rich countries (the most common under analysis being oil-rich ones) that possess all the financial and economic ...

“A Navajo Monument Valley Tribal school” is a literary work done by Sherman Alexie. The poem displays football as a symbolic activity that facilitates bonding between Indians in this school. Playing football together makes these Indians have the feeling that they are warriors. The act of competing against each other is the one that makes them feel so. Everyone is seen as an important person in the game; that's why the poet says, "everyone's son being the quarterback."(Anderson, Hassler and Coles, P 129). It also means that the person of one person or two in the team, makes ...

I have never found so rich a culture than that of ours, the Navajo Native American culture. I take pride in writing about our own race because it is an opportunity for us to let other people know our history, our beliefs, our culture, our religion, and our government. There are other Native Americans in the State of Arizona and in some other states, but our own tribe is what interests me the most, for obvious reasons.

Our History

Decades back, our ascendants originally occupied considerable segments of the State of Colorado. However, due to progress and constant battles with the ...