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The Navajo Nation, 2008.
A review of the book "Navajo" by James F. Downs.
1,356 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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The paper describes how the book "Navajo" by James F. Downs offers a history of the Navajo nation and considers many aspects of the Navajo culture and social order. The paper relates that the book gives much attention to the society the Navajo had when the first Europeans arrived in North America and to the complexities of the Navajo civilization. The paper discusses how Downs notes the forces that have brought change even as Navajo culture itself persists in some communities. The paper concludes that this book is a good introduction to the Navajo people and their traditions.
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"Downs first considers the development of the Navajo as a separate entity, beginning however with the original Nadene people from Siberia from which all the rest of the Native American population would spring. What is known of the Nadene people shows that they probably brought "the hard-soled moccasin and the strong, complex bow" (Downs 6). These people divided over time into various groups from Alaska down the coast into the rest of North America. One such groups was the Athapaskans, hunters rather than gatherers, and they entered the Southwest, formed different groups with different languages and styles of life, and interacted in some way with the Pueblo people of the Southwest, in time becoming known by a new name, the Apache. Around the start of the seventeenth century, the Apaches were a wild, hunting people, while the Navajo Apaches were the "apaches of the big fields" (Downs 10)."
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"The Navajo", 2002.
A review of "The Navajo" by James F. Down with an emphasis on the social ramifications the book puts over for the Navajo way of life.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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This essay will over the information given on the book "The Navajo" by James F. Downs and begin to argue for the social ramifications that the book offers on the Navajo way of life. The structures of social organization will explained and put forth to show how these people lived in this forum. The social habits will discussed and the way that they contribute to the communities of the Navajo. The emphasis of this paper will be to find the element of power, through this book, in the social rituals as practiced in the social structure of the Navajo of today.
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Navajo Code Talkers, 2006.
A look at the explanatory book, "Navajo Code Talkers" by Nathan Aaseng.
791 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 28.95
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In this book review of Nathan Aaseng's "Navajo Code Talkers", the author talks about what he learnt from the book. He discusses the important role of Navajo Indians in World War II as code talkers. The author highlights how, thanks to the Navajo code talkers many battles were won in World War II and cites many examples of where and how it was used. The paper talks about how, in Aaseng's book, the way that volunteer code talkers were recruited and how they were trained. He also discusses the dangers that these code talkers were subjected to during their work, but most importantly the good that they were able to do during the war. The author concludes that the book, helps one with a clear understanding of the situation, how the Navajo men got involved, and the importance of taking their very complex language and using it for the good of the nation.
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"The success of several battles in the Pacific and of other battles during the period of the Second World War depended to a great extent on the Navajo code talkers. It was Philip Johnston, one of the few non-Navajos to speak their language fluently, and son of a missionary to those Natives, who first had the idea to use Navajo Language for secure telephone and radio communications. Johnston met Major General Vogel of USMC (United States Marine Corps) and his staff in 1942 to convince them of the value of Navajo Language as a code. 29 Navajo men were recruited by the Marine Corps, and developed a code for field transmission of message based on their language. And the necessities of the military communications resulted in the Navajo Marine code-talker recruits developing themselves a set of extensions of their language, which form the code. They then brought down their ideas to lists that could be memorized."
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Navajo and European Witchcraft, 2008.
A comparison of the background and characteristics of Navajo and European witchcraft.
1,283 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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This paper explores some of the similarities and differences between Navajo and European witchcraft. It discusses the background of each form of witchcraft and includes a discussion of the different cultures and geographical locations that influence the practice of witchcraft. It also looks at the characteristics of each form of witchcraft and how they differ.
Table of Contents:
Navajo Background
Navajo Traditions in Witchcraft
European Witchcraft
The Similarities and Differences Between Navajo and European Witchcraft
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"First, the Navajo by way of their Asian traditions from an ancient time, pursued stories of creation and the end of life, and compensated for those things which they did not understand or which mystified them with stories, prayers, and rituals. To the extent that they could not fully understand or explain something, they turned to shamans, or holy men, to explain those things for them; or, by way of ritual and prayer, to protect The People from them unknowns which might harm or adversely impact their lives. This is found to be much the same in the European tradition, as Europeans, like the Navajo, have traditions and rituals that were rooted in pagan eras and addressed those things about the world and universe that could not be explained or understood by the majority of the people."
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Zu?i and Navajo Spiritual Practices in Hillerman's Dance Hall of the Dead, 2002.
Joe Leaphorn, Navajo detective learns more about Zu?i religious traditions and compares what he learns with his own beliefs, rituals, and practices.
3,430 words (approx. 13.7 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 97.95
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This essay presents a comparison of Zu?i and Navajo religious rituals, burial practices, and beliefs in an afterlife as revealed in Tony Hillerman's novel, Dance Hall of the Dead. While investigating the murder of twelve year old Zu?i, Ernesto Cata, who was scheduled to perform an important role in the Zu?i Shalako festival, "the most holy period of the Zu?i year," Joe Leaphorn must analyze various facets of Zu?i religion including gods, Kachinas, rituals, beliefs and dances. He naturally compares these concepts with his own Navajo beliefs. Numerous scholarly sources are utilized to illuminate the comparisons.
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Tony Hillerman's long time protagonist Joe Leaphorn is himself a Navajo tribesman. In the novel, Dance Hall of the Dead, Leaphorn, a Navajo policeman, investigates the murder of a young Zu?i. In the process of his investigation, Leaphorn offers a comparison of his own Navajo religion with that of the Zu?i. In an Author's Note at the beginning of the novel, Hillerman states that the "setting is genuine." He confirms that the Village of Zu?i and Ramah Navajo reservation exist in reality side by side and states that his depiction of these two cultures is accurate to the best of his ability, though the characters are fictional. Hillerman further states: "The view the reader receives of the Shalako religion is as it might be seen by a Navajo with an interest in ethnology. It does not pretend to be more than that." What Hillerman is saying is that no one, outside an initiated practitioner in a Native American religion can really comprehend the true significance of it's beliefs and rituals. Modesty aside, however, Hillerman in this novel makes an excellent beginning in differentiating between spiritual beliefs of Zu?i and Navajo. Thus the thesis of this essay is that in Tony Hillerman's novel, Dance Hall of the Dead, Zu?i religion can be seen to be extensively different from the religion of the Navajo's in the two tribes' rituals, burial practices, and beliefs in an afterlife. Outside sources will be used to confirm and expand the understanding of these varied spiritual practices.
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Navajo Mother and Child Relationships, 2002.
Explores the mother and child relationship of the Navajo Indians in America.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 53.95
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This paper will discuss the aspects of Navajo life on the reservation. The role of the mother and infant will be brought to the forefront of this study. The breastfeeding, bed sharing, baby call, and baby-wearing will be covered to give an idea of how these social practices are practiced in Indian life. By understanding the interrelationships that exist between mother and child, we can see how the life of the Navajo people is transmitted through the raising of their children.
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Unusual Allies: The Navajo Code Talkers, 2001.
A look at how the Navajo language was used to communicate secret information during WWII.
2,985 words (approx. 11.9 pages), 6 sources, $ 88.95
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This paper looks at the assistance of the Navajo Code Talkers in World War II. It documents how the Navajo language was used for communicating in secret code, thereby stumping the Japanese.
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"On the morning of February 23, 1945, a foreign language crackled over filed radios across Iwo Jima: ?Naastsosi Thanzie Dibeh Shida Dahnestsa Tkin Wollachee Moasi Lin Achi.? Intercepted and flawlessly translated by Marine cryptographers, the word went out: The Stars and stripe flew over Mount Suribachi. It has been said by high military officials that the Marines would not have taken Iwo Jima without the aid of this specialized team of cryptographers. In one of the most ironic twists in American history, the Navajo Nation came to the aid of the American government that had tried to eradicate it just two generations before. Many of the Pacific battles won by the U.S. in WWII owed their victories to the 420 Navajo who would come to be known as the Code Talkers."
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Navajo Indians, 2002.
A discussion of the use of Peyote by Navajo Indians.
2,150 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 8 sources, $ 80.95
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A paper that discusses the use of peyote among Navajo Indians and their implications on religious and medical utility.
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"Navajo Sacred Places", 2002.
An analysis of the research of Klara Bonsack Kelley and Harris Francis on the Navajo Indians..
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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This paper studies the research of Kelly and Francis in "Navajo Sacred Places" and suggests that through understanding the non-natives can come to understand the importance of land and consider it as 'sacred' as the Natives do.
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The Navajo Indians & Their Religion, 1973.
This paper discusses the myths, legends and religious chants of the Navajo Indians.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 4 sources, $ 79.95
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"The Navajo Indians are perhaps one of the most fascinating of the American Indian groups to study. Their courage, stamina and perseverence as a people speak highly for the psychological and even physical unity which their religion supplies.
The Navajos did not appear in the southwest United States until 1000 - 200 A.D. They had probably come from across the Bering Strait and down along the west coast of the United States although there is some evidence from religious ideas from the Plains Indians woven into their ideas, that they might have first come south along the east side of the Rocky Mountains and then filtered into the southwest.
Once in the southwest the Navajos took advantage of the Hopi ... "
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The Navajo Nation and The Internet, 1999.
Examines the relationship between mainstream and Native American cultures in the context of Internet communications, data accessibility and ethnography.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 3 sources, $ 39.95
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Although some non-revisionist anthropologists might wince at the thought of comparing social and cultural life within the United States with the social and cultural life within the Navajo reservation, it will become clearly valid upon the realization that -- although the reservation shares the same land mass as the United States -- the Navajo tribe is clearly an indigenous people and culture. Modern cultural anthropology is undergoing the impact of critical revisionist theory. Indeed, structural ethnography, cultural ethnography, and psycho
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"THE EFFECTS OF GLOBALIZATION ON CULTURE AND SOCIETY
WITHIN THE UNITED STATES AS COMPARED TO CULTURE AND SOCIETY WITHIN THE NAVAJO NATION
Introduction
Although some non-revisionist anthropologists might wince at the thought of comparing social and cultural life within the United States with the social and cultural life within the Navajo reservation, it will become clearly valid upon the realization that -- although the reservation shares the same land mass as the United States -- the Navajo tribe is clearly an indigenous people and culture. Modern cultural anthropology is undergoing the impact of critical revisionist theory. Indeed, structural ethnography, cultural ethnography, and psycholinguistic ..."
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The U.S. Trade Embargo with Cuba, 2007.
This paper discusses the present U.S. trade embargo with Cuba and its economic implications.
1,551 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 50.95
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The paper looks at the history of U.S.-Cuba relations. The paper examines the reasons behind the United States' trade embargo with Cuba and explores the economic impact of lifting this embargo. The paper discusses the economic benefits and opportunities for commercial enterprises that would arise from lifting the embargo, but also notes potential threats to American businesses. The paper discusses how Fidel Castro's ailing health of recent months has led to speculations concerning the future of Cuba and renewed debates concerning the U.S. trade embargo against this tiny island.
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Introduction
The Cuba Democracy Act
Impact of Lifting U.S. Embargo
Opportunities for Commercial Enterprise
Potential Threats to American Businesses
Reasons for U.S. Embargo
Total Impact on the U.S. Economy
Navajo Nation Signed Trading Deal with Cuba
Impact of Fidel Castro's Illness
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"Fidel Castro has ruled Cuba through ten U.S. presidents. He took power in 1959, at the height of the Cold War, while Dwight D. Eisenhower was still in office. Although initially, he declared he was not a Communist, by the fall of 1960, thousands of Cubans were fleeing their homeland, for the reality was that Castro was establishing a Communist dictatorship (Montagne). Three months after taking office, John F. Kennedy authorized a covert invasion aimed at overthrowing Castro regime. However, it failed and was condemned by governments worldwide. This invasion basically gave Castro an excuse to allow Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev to place nuclear missiles in Cuba, aimed at the United States (Montagne)."
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"Dance Hall of the Dead", 2002.
A review of Tony Hillerman's book "Dance Hall of the Dead" with an emphasis on Zuni and Navajo spiritual practices.
3,380 words (approx. 13.5 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 96.95
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This paper examines Tony Hillerman's book "Dance Hall of the Dead"about a Navajo policeman who investigates the murder of a young Zuni. It discusses how no one, outside an initiated practitioner in a Native American religion can really comprehend the true significance of its beliefs and rituals and how Hillerman in this novel makes an excellent beginning in differentiating between spiritual beliefs of Zuni and Navajo. It shows how the Zuni religion can be seen to be extensively different from the religion of the Navajo's in the two tribes' rituals, burial practices and beliefs in an afterlife. It uses outside sources to confirm and expand on the understanding of these varied spiritual practices.
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"For the Navajo, spirituality permeates all areas of life and is rooted in nature. Daily life proceeds upon Mother Earth and under Father Sky. There is no word for religion in the Navajo language, not because there is no religion, but because religion is not separate from life. There is nothing but religion, otherwise known as life among the Dineh, or the People. Rituals, prayers, legends and songs, are scarcely ever out of their minds. The Navajo create sand paintings and hold sings such as the Enemy Way, the Blessing Way, the Flint Way and the Mountain Top Way to cure illness and to help them surmount the problems of life on earth (Waters 248-249). From the Navajo point of view, as Frank Waters puts it, ?religion is the way of life? (Waters 396)."
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Peyotism, 2004.
This paper discusses the history of the use of peyote for religious rituals among the Navajo Indians.
2,460 words (approx. 9.8 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 74.95
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This paper describes explicitly, based on Edward F. Anderson's book "Peyote: The Divine Cactus", a Navajo religious ceremony which uses peyote to communicate with God. The author points out that peyote had an influence on other tribes for over 400 years but did not impact the Navajo until the late 18th century. The paper relates that, although the peyote ceremony is one of the emblematic signs of Native American religion, opponents of peyote are apprehensive towards these ceremonies and have made efforts to control the use of peyote among Native Americans.
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"As the orange-red sun slowly sinks in the horizon, members of a peyote cult enter through the door of a hogan (a pentagon shaped hut in which Native Americans live) designed for their ceremony. The door faces the descending sun and is to the opposite of three men (the Road Man, Drummer Man, and Cedar Man) who are sitting in front of a raised crescent moon of earth. This raised crescent serves as an altar which has a peyote button resting on sagebrush. More members arrive and sit around the altar in a circle. When all the ceremonial devices are properly placed, the fire man, who is sitting east to the entrance, gathers hot coals and arranges them in the form of a "V" with the apex facing the Road Man."
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Amer-Indian Survival, 1996.
History of whites' racist philosophy & destruction of Indians in U.S., taking of lands, Hopis & Navajos, Relocation Act of 1974.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 6 sources, $ 79.95
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"In the first half of the nineteenth century, the American Anglo-Saxon ideology of Manifest Destiny laid the foundation for the government's right to territorial and economic expansion. The American republic was deemed a white Anglo-Saxon republic. Hence, white races would be readily absorbed into the nation, but nonwhite races would not be welcome. Using these arguments as a base, the government was able to justify the annexation of areas that were heavily populated with "inferior" races and the country shaped policies that reflected its belief that Indians were inferior and expendable (Horsman 226)."
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