Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation

elements to make. Francis worked day and night for several weeks perfecting the drumstick. Gathering wood from the chokecherries bushes near his home and the hide from elk he had to hunt in order to make this magic drumstick before the fall season began. After completing the drumstick Francis knew deep down his hard work will bring joy and happiness to whomever heard the sound beats that the magical drumstick produced. So Francis wanted to hold a meeting with the Chippewa tribe on the Turtle Mountain Reservation to put on a gathering so he could share the amazing music he can make with his magical drumstick. The Turtle Mountain tribal council was very curious and agreed to host a gathering so they to could hear this magical drumstick that the creator sent through Francis dream. The date was set for the gathering in a few weeks. So Francis had time to prepare his music. The day of the gathering came and all the tribal members showed up as rumors of the magical drumstick spread throughout the reservation. When Francis saw all the people that showed up to hear his music, he grew nervous. Then all of a sudden an overwhelming feeling of comfort set in and Francis went on to perform for the crowd of people. The music Francis produced was flawless and on point. People were stunned a simple hand drum and magical drumstick could make such powerful music. The people cheered with such joy after hearing the powerful music. After the gathering, the word grew throughout the nations of…

American Land, Eve Darian-Smith dives in and explicitly discusses the contemporary social issue in regards to Indian versus non-Indian oppositions about the growth of Indian reservation casinos. She begins by explaining the ill treatment of Native Americans in the United States from the time when Columbus came to shore and proceeds to explain how this led to their handling and stereotyping by the non-Indian population. To this day, the assumptions made about Native Americans contribute to…

connection with American Indian culture. Additionally, both of the narrators are on some sort of journey of discovery. By connecting both of the narrators’ similarities, it is possible to see how they impact the understanding of Indian culture as a whole. The narrator for Winter in the Blood uses first person, while the narrator in House Made of Dawn uses third person. The narrator in House Made of Dawn focuses mostly on the life of Abel, while the narrator of Winter in the Blood focus is on…

Representatives (Doc B) with most of the supporting voters coming from the south (Doc B). The War of 1812 truly had no outcome but it did solidify the American’s independence and starts and era of increased expansion and nationalism. In 1828, Andrew Jackson was elected as president and his main policies were anti-Indian and expansionist. To clear out more space for expansion, Jackson forced the six American Indian nations to relocate into American Indian reservations far away from the Atlantic…

The reservation of Indian The reservation of Indian was filled of bloody at first. In the early 19th century, the United States was expanding territory. They hold the" go west", which triggered the conflict between new immigrants and the local Indians. In order to protect the new immigrants, at that time, the U.S. government established many so-called Indians "reservation", so a large number of Indians were rushed to the barren reservation. This so-called reservation is prisoner and even…

The Absolutely True Diary of A Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie, focuses on the effects of colonialism on Native Americans, the pressures of assimilation historically and contemporarily, and cultural appropriation. Junior, a Spokane Indian teen who chooses to leave his reservation school, Wellpinit, attends a predominantly white school off-reservation called Reardan. While there, many of Junior’s friends and family die from alcohol related incidents. It is interesting that this occurs because…

hroughout his journey from his poor Indian reservation to a neighboring all white school. Arnold Spirit, the main character in “The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part Time Indian”. By Sherman Alexie Junior experiences on and off the reservation helped him understand to ignore all the hate, so you can focus on more important thing and follow your dreams even if other disagree. (Body #1: One of the life lesson that Junior learned through his experience was to follow your dreams even if other…

. Sherman Alexie is an author who grew up in Spokane, Washington and spent his childhood on the spoken Indian reservation but later on left to get a better education in Reardan, Washington, then later on went to Washington University. In Washington University, he met a professor name Alex Kuo who mentored him and taught him to connect to on-native literature that also inspired him to be a writer. After meeting Kou he went on to create his own native literature first…

don’t have it for any of our minorities, and I’m not the only one who understands this. Bharati Mukherjee, an American writer of Indian descent, understands this all too well. Having immigrated to North America from Calcutta after India achieved independence from Britain, her integration into Canadian and American society is a frequent subject in her writing. In her essay ‘Imagining Homelands’, Mukherjee discusses the four reason a person moves from one country to another (expatriation, exile,…

Upon first meeting my client, “John Littlebear”, which is not his real name, but I will call him that due to patient privacy laws, I noticed that he had Tribal Insurance, which meant he was from the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Browning, Montana. Therefore, I made sure I familiarized myself with the Blackfeet tribal customs before he arrived at the Sleep Center, ensuring I increased my cultural competency (Comstock et al., 2008). With this in mind, in order for social workers to effectively…