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…to this land are its people, the Indians. "Trust Indians not to miss any virtues of the plant world". So Mary really tries to signify the Indians as the originals of the land, owned by them, and comprehensively known by them as well, is the land's true nature. She…

…of American policies geared at Native American would be the Indian Removal Act of 1830. The Indian Removal Act authorized the president to remove tribes east of the Mississippi River to a large Indian Country; it was during this era that the " Trail of Tears…

…they didn't even have a McDonalds until I was thirteen. They didn't even build Taco Bell until I was fifteen. Fred Meyers, we had to fight the Indians for that, and we didn't get that until just a few years ago. That's another great thing about Florence…

…been used by American Indians in religious ceremonies, comes from the peyote cactus. Psilocybin, also used by the Indians and believed to have supernatural powers, is found in about 20 varieties of mushrooms. Once ingested, psilocybin is converted…

…explored such themes as isolation, sexism, discrimination, the mistreatment of Indian women, and exploring identities. In Bharati Mukherjee’s novel Jasmine, the character shows some similarities to the author, but there are many differences. Both were born…

…to their infant. (On page 4 there is a graph that illustrates these modes) The reason for the HIV/AIDS epidemic in India is because of poverty, illiteracy, lack of health care, drug abusers, and the oppression of Indian women (Dube 127). Poverty is one function…

…, the Sun and Moon, who were gods, gave Scarface clothing and weapons and invited him into their home. The Sun had also said that “women hold the secrete to medicine.” The Iroquois Indians stated in their Constitution that the female relatives of a chief can…

…of the Malacandra is like the ancient Indian caste system. Once born into the caste level, one lives and dies at the same level. The difference between the Indian caste system and the caste system of Malacandra is that the people of the Indian caste system was aware…

…regarded with shame as little better than blacks themselves. They were particularly in a fix because they were never truly accepted into the black or white communities. In a similar predicament were the Indian peoples, brought over by the British from…

…Historical Summary The history of Mexico began when Indians of unknown tribes migrated from the north into what is now Mexico. They arrived before 8000 B.C. These people were hunters who followed herds of buffalo, mammoths, mastodons, and other large…