Essays on Native Americans

English 100-13 21 October 2009 Family Virtues Virtues are usually taught through the eyes of the wise, also known as the elder. In the book The Lakota Way, by Joseph M. Marshall III, his tribe teaches virtues though story telling. The virtues of the Lakota …

Loughmiller 1 Austin Loughmiller Davis Research Paper 15 April 2011 Chief Sitting Bull Strong Hearted and Brave “I wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle. ” Chief Sitting Bull is one of the most …

“Body Rituals among the Nacirema” is an article written by Horace Miner about a group of people, the Nacirema, and their everyday functions or rituals. Miner relates the culture, practices, values, and beliefs of a seemingly exotic and strange tribe. He vividly and descriptively describes …

The work of James Luna in “Take a Picture with a Real Indian” shows otherness. In his performance he does this by dressing in typical Indian clothing and other times he dressed in typical street clothes of an average “white” man. People reacted to taking …

Rituals of the Nacirema were first brought to my attention many years ago. The culture of these people is very hard to understand. Not much is known about their origin, but it’s said that they came somewhere from the east. From a continent that is …

Naciremaland is a land controlled by advertising. My newest observation has to do with the marketing of products for women and men. My main focus is on the products and advertising that is directed at women. I do have some observations about products and ads …

In review of the article “Body Ritual Among the Nacirema” by Horace Miner, this was a very satirical piece on how Native Americans had a very ritualistic approach towards many religious ceremonies and how they interacted with each other at these ceremonies. Horace Miner brought …

Body Ritual Among the Nacirema, he uses an interesting way of describing some rituals that Americans do. He portrays Americans as a tribe that go through their daily life by performing painful and torturous rituals to their bodies. It is not obvious at the beginning …

In 1861 the US government introduced the reservation solution. Plains Indians were to be moved to designated areas known as reservations. There they would receive payments from the government and be taught the ways of the white men. However the Indians who refused to surrender …