Native American  (tagged articles)

The Role of Native American Healing Traditions Within Allopathic Medicine

Rachna Vemireddy - Although spirituality has been an essential part of healing for most of mankind, modern medicine is more likely to embrace a mechanistic view of the human body where illness is an engineering problem and the body is the sum of discrete parts, rather than a complex... Keep Reading »

Native Design in Modern Fashion: The Transformations of Native American Flower Beadwork

Jianing Zhao - What happens to flower beadwork when its application is transformed from traditional clothing decoration, to painting on the wall, and back to embroidery on high-end fashion garments? What happens to Native women, when their bodies are lost, violated, and heal; when... Keep Reading »
Photo: Sheila Sund CC-2

Cacao Cravings: Europe's Assimilation and Europeanization of Chocolate Drinking from Mesoamerica, 1492-1700 C.E.

James C. Miller - Chocolate is a foodstuff that many people in the modern world take for granted; the sweet treat can today be found plentifully and cheaply in practically any store all across the globe, especially in the Euro-American world. Despite its commonplace, most people do... Keep Reading »

The Use of Violence on the American Frontiers: Examining U.S.-Native American Relations in the 18th and 19th Centuries

Kaden Prowse - Following the end of the American Revolutionary War of 1776 to 1783, the U.S. government adopted an aggressive and expansionistic policy towards Native Americans on its frontiers. From the closing years of the 18th century to the end of the 19th century, the U.S. continually... Keep Reading »

An Examination of Native Americans in Film and Rise of Native Filmmakers

Julia Boyd - This paper explored the role of Native Americans in the Hollywood film industry and their actions to establish authentic representations of their population and culture in the media. Using academic literature, film analyses, and contemporary film reviews and articles... Keep Reading »
 
 

The keyword Native American is tagged in the following 13 articles.

Traditional Medicine
2020, Vol. 12 No. 12
The Role of Native American Healing Traditions Within Allopathic Medicine
By Rachna Vemireddy
Although spirituality has been an essential part of healing for most of mankind, modern medicine is more likely to embrace a mechanistic view of the human body where illness is an engineering problem and the body is the sum of discrete parts, rather... Read Article »
Native Americans Healing Biomedicine Traditional Medicine Alternative Medicine Spirituality
Indigenous Art
2018, Vol. 10 No. 03
Native Design in Modern Fashion: The Transformations of Native American Flower Beadwork
By Jianing Zhao
What happens to flower beadwork when its application is transformed from traditional clothing decoration, to painting on the wall, and back to embroidery on high-end fashion garments? What happens to Native women, when their bodies are lost, violated... Read Article »
Indigenous Art Colonialism Fashion Cultural Appropriation Native American Beadwork Metis
History Of Food
2017, Vol. 9 No. 10
Cacao Cravings: Europe's Assimilation and Europeanization of Chocolate Drinking from Mesoamerica, 1492-1700 C.E.
By James C. Miller
Chocolate is a foodstuff that many people in the modern world take for granted; the sweet treat can today be found plentifully and cheaply in practically any store all across the globe, especially in the Euro-American world. Despite its commonplace... Read Article »
European History Native Americans Slavery Food Colonialism Culture Chocolate Aztec Mayan History Of Food
American History
2016, Vol. 8 No. 11
The Use of Violence on the American Frontiers: Examining U.S.-Native American Relations in the 18th and 19th Centuries
By Kaden Prowse
Following the end of the American Revolutionary War of 1776 to 1783, the U.S. government adopted an aggressive and expansionistic policy towards Native Americans on its frontiers. From the closing years of the 18th century to the end of the 19th... Read Article »
American History Native Americans American Frontier Ethnic Conflict Violence American Settlers
American Cinema
2015, Vol. 6 No. 1
An Examination of Native Americans in Film and Rise of Native Filmmakers
By Julia Boyd
Published by Elon Journal of Undergraduate Research in Communications
This paper explored the role of Native Americans in the Hollywood film industry and their actions to establish authentic representations of their population and culture in the media. Using academic literature, film analyses, and contemporary film... Read Article »
Native Americans Whitewashing Minorities Film Stereotypes Stereotyping Redface Ethnocentrism American Cinema
Gender Violence
2015, Vol. 11 No. 2
The Human Rights Impacts of VAWA 2013: A True Victory for Native American Women?
By Lauren R. Kelly
Published by Discussions
The level of gender violence against native women in the United States has reached epidemic proportions. Furthermore, the vast majority of Native American gender violence victims are abused at the hands of non-native men. Native American tribes... Read Article »
Gender Violence Women's Rights Human Rights Violence Against Women Native American Women Native Americans American Indians
Conservation
2014, Vol. 6 No. 09
Humanity and Its Place in Nature: Rethinking the Reality of 'Wilderness'
By Thomas R. Smith
The Western concept of wilderness encompasses pristine, untrammeled land viewed as “the last remaining place where civilization…has not fully infected the earth” (Cronon, 1995, p. 69). Indeed, many Americans possess this dualistic... Read Article »
Environmental Justice Wilderness Nature National Parks Conservation Preservation Native Americans
Media
2013, Vol. 4 No. 1
Visual Persuasion: The Media's Use of Images in Framing People Groups
By Caitlin O'Donnell
Published by Elon Journal of Undergraduate Research in Communications
This article compares the media's framing of five groups in response to a societal catalyst that propelled them into the public and media spotlight: Native Americans during the Indian Wars; women during the suffrage movement; African Americans during... Read Article »
Native Americans Women's Rights African Americans Muslim Americans Japanese Americans Pearl Harbor September 11th Suffrage Civil Rights Movement
American Literature
2013, Vol. 5 No. 10
Controversial Kin: Transracial Adoption in "Hope Leslie" and "Ramona"
By Melissa N. Gilstrap
Critics often ignore transracial adoption as a literary theme in both Catharine Sedgwick’s Hope Leslie; Or, Early Times in Massachusetts (1827) and Helen Hunt Jackson’s Ramona, A Story (1884), as these two texts’ portrayals of... Read Article »
American Literature Native Americans Adoption Race Catharine Sedgwick Helen Hunt Jackson Hope Leslie Ramona
Miracles
2012, Vol. 4 No. 07
The Mystery of Miracles: Examining Religious Providence in the Sixteenth-Century Captivity Narratives of Hans Staden and Cabeza de Vaca
By Lauren E. Raubaugh
Miracles are a complex and fascinating phenomenon. Accounts throughout history have detailed remarkable instances of what people have claimed to be divine intervention, instances that continue to confound and mystify. After all, according to countless... Read Article »
Miracles Explorers Captivity Sixteenth-century Hans Staden Cabeza De Vaca Native Americans
Native American Studies
2010, Vol. 2 No. 11
Defining a Nation: The Power of the Nation and its Influence on Native American 'First Nations'
By Eve R. Hill
The term ‘nation’ is notoriously hard to define, not only because it has multiple meanings, but because the prevailing definitions change in response to various social and political factors (Ozkirimli 2000). In its most basic form a... Read Article »
Native Americans First Nations Nationalism Self-Governance Reparation Politics Indigenous Peoples
Substance Abuse
2009, Vol. 1 No. 12
The Methamphetamine Crisis in American Indian and Native Alaskan Communities
By Janet Glover-Kerkvliet
The prevalence of methamphetamine (ME) use among American Indians and Native Alaskans (AI/NAs) is strikingly high in comparison to other ethnic groups in the U.S. (Iritani, Dion Hallfors & Bauer, 2007). However, few datasets are available that... Read Article »
Methamphetamine Native Americans Substance Abuse Social Justice
Baseball
2009, Vol. 1 No. 10
Redskin and All-American: Jim Thorpe's Malleable Symbolic Significance
By Joshua R. Keefe
In 1950 the Associated Press polled close to 400 sportswriters in order to name the greatest male and female athlete of the first half of the twentieth century. For the men, a crowded field of legends including Babe Ruth, Joe Louis, Jesse Owens,... Read Article »
Jim Thorpe Sport Native Americans Olympics Football

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