Essays Tagged: "natives"

The Great Bear Hunt

ide the peak. Therewere two little Indian tribes beside the lake. It was really comfortable for the Natives tostay beside the lake because they could bathe themselves and get water from the lake. Itwa ... n the are, but there were a lot of hunters to catch them. Even the powerful weapons didnot help the Natives capture a bear sometimes. A lot of people got killed hunting forbears. Bears also had a larg ...

(3 pages) 89 0 5.0 Apr/1994

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories

The effects on the Native peoples from the introduction of the commertial fur trade into Canada

."During the early years of European settlement of Canada, there was little interaction between the natives and the European settlers. The native peoples managed to maintain, for the most part, the sa ... s of native culture, encouraging the exploitation of nature for personal profit. Nevertheless, many natives were drawn to this new way of life because of the "luxuries" that were offered as its reward ...

(3 pages) 88 0 4.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology

The Mission

he land. The film includes spiritual and political activities the are reflected through the church, natives, and the Jesuits.What the movie mainly tried to show was that the Church wanted to maintain ... he Spanish do try to break the faith of the Indians. Father John is seen carrying a cross with many natives following behind him. He is killed purposely, and even though he is down, the native faith i ...

(2 pages) 67 0 4.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

My Great-Grandmother was not a Person

er. As pioneer women we built homes, raised families, maintained the homestead, hunted food, fought natives, made clothes, cooked, cleaned, as well as the many manual labour jobs that men held. For ex ...

(3 pages) 38 0 4.8 Feb/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Hinduism

smIntroductionHinduism is a religion that originated in India and is still practiced by most of the Natives as well as the people who have migrated from India to other parts of the world. Statisticall ...

(5 pages) 516 2 4.2 Jan/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Hinduism

Drugs and Athelets

help them gain endurance and overcome fatigue. One hundred years later as many as 90 percent of the natives of the Andes Mountains in Peru regularly chewed coca leaves. It wasn't until the early years ...

(15 pages) 333 0 4.8 Jan/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

a review of The last wave by peter weir

e whitemembers of society living in Australia. The subculture in the film is the Aborigines whowere natives to the land before the white people settled in Australia. The nativessustained their cultura ... e whitemembers of society living in Australia. The subculture in the film is the Aborigines whowere natives to the land before the white people settled in Australia. The nativessustained their cultura ...

(7 pages) 81 0 4.5 Jan/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

The Amish are a religious group who live in settlements in 22 states and Ontario, Canada

ster Amish are Pennsylvania Dutch, all Pennsylvania Dutch are not Amish. The Pennsylvania Dutch are natives of Central Pennsylvania, particularly Lancaster and its surrounding counties. Unlike the Ami ...

(5 pages) 193 0 4.1 Mar/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

An analysis of how the author gains the sympathy of the reader in "Shooting an Elephant," by George Orwell

white "leader," he should have beenable to make an independent decision, but was influenced by the "natives"(Orwell 101). Orwell describes his feelings about being pressured to shoot theelephant: "Her ... xplains, "For it is the condition of his rule that he shall spend hid life intrying to impress the 'natives' and so in every crisis he has got to do what the'natives' expect of him" (100). Readers res ...

(3 pages) 240 0 4.6 Aug/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Herman Melville

ils to the pacific where he hears the tails of thekiller Mocha Dick.1842 Deserts and lives with the natives of nukuheva. He islater rescued by the whaler Lucy Anne.1843 Ships for boston aboard the nat ...

(2 pages) 64 0 4.3 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Lionel, Wounded Knee, and Intertextuality . Characteristic of character in Thomas Kings "Running water"

The History of CulturalPluralism in Canada's Boarding Schools.' While there, he runs into a band of nativesthat coheres him into going to Wounded Knee for a peaceful rally. Along the way, thevehicle t ... s, in a way, is very similar to what happened to AIM (American IndianMovement) some years back. The natives were upset about the Government's neglectof treaties and grants. The natives held a peaceful ...

(3 pages) 56 0 4.7 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The Maori of New Zealand

The Maori people, the natives of New Zealand, have played a strongpart in the development and success of the small island ... was discovered also. The mighty English,who at the time was one of the world powers, subjugated the natives ofAustralia, the Aborigine people. The Aborigine, having very little technology,were easily ... first forits natural resources but also as a exile or prison colony. The lack ofresistance from the natives made it relatively easy for the English toaccomplish their task. This gave the Aborigine abs ...

(2 pages) 46 0 3.5 Apr/1997

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

An Analysis of Conrad's "Heart of Darkness"

red Kurtz, a "remarkable man" and "universal genius," who had made himself a god in the eyes of the natives over whom he had an imperceptible power. These two men were, in a sense, images of each othe ... ustomed; and it was for evil, for appurtenances, that the Congo was plundered and untold numbers of natives were beaten and slaughtered brutally or casually. This view of evil was part of Marlow's con ...

(5 pages) 254 0 4.4 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Anthropoligical view of John Davis - Explorer

on his expedition to the North Pole, sailed to an island where he found a graveyard where previous natives had been laid to rest. Not ignoring it, he gives us an accurate description of what they wer ... to look in on bargaining methods he used as he sailed further north and come across another camp of natives.These natives were not as friendly as the previous ones - they didn't warm up to the crew as ...

(3 pages) 54 0 3.7 Mar/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology

Twyla Ludwig, Christian missionary to Africa. Short dissertation on her ministries.

o lived a small, stout lady named Twyla Ludwig. She had come from the United States to liberate the natives from the terrible bonds of sin and ignorance. Twyla came all the way from having a good life ... hever way He led her, even if it was to the "Dark Continent."Twyla Ludwig, or "Mama" as some of the natives affectionately called her, was a woman who would do anything in the name of the Lord. This e ...

(2 pages) 40 0 4.6 Jun/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

The results of the introduction of the commertial fur trade into Canada

."During the early years of European settlement of Canada, there was little interaction between the natives and the European settlers. The native peoples managed to maintain, for the most part, the sa ... s of native culture, encouraging the exploitation of nature for personal profit. Nevertheless, many natives were drawn to this new way of life because of the "luxuries" that were offered as its reward ...

(3 pages) 39 0 3.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > Canadian History

The results of the introduction of the commertial fur trade into Canada

."During the early years of European settlement of Canada, there was little interaction between the natives and the European settlers. The native peoples managed to maintain, for the most part, the sa ... s of native culture, encouraging the exploitation of nature for personal profit. Nevertheless, many natives were drawn to this new way of life because of the "luxuries" that were offered as its reward ...

(3 pages) 63 0 3.8 Jan/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Alternative

The History of Beer in America: Describes the early roots of beer in America from the first breweries til the days of prohibition til present day.

g before any of the Europeans arrived. It is known that the first European settlers were greeted by natives who were bearing gifts of wine made from the persimmon. In the southwestern region of the co ...

(3 pages) 80 0 4.7 Nov/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Americas Economy during the 1840's through the 1860's.

y workers, to Irish immigrants greatly impacted America socially, due to the separation between the natives and the immigrants. Despite the growing separation of classes, this huge amount of workers f ...

(3 pages) 70 0 3.0 Dec/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

The Contrast of French and Spanish Missionaries. This essay is a detailed research paper based on the topic above. It also includes a MLA Format Work Cited Page.

he beginning of colonial expansion, the missionaries believed in the divine right to evangelize the natives in the new world. By converting the natives the missionaries believed that they will reach e ...

(4 pages) 61 0 2.6 Dec/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity