Paragraph 1 All the time,preparation,commitment leeds up to some of the most important parts in your life. We all go through rites of passage but they're all unique in their own way. One of the rite of passages called the Medicine bag. The medicine bag is about a main character named Martins who’s lakota grandpa come and presents him with the medicine bag. But Marin has to overcome his nervousness and fear to accept the medicine bag. The next rite of passage is the Apache Girl’s rite of passage, it is about a girl named Dachina who is on the way of coming into womanhood. She does this by a four day ritual show her strength and endurance as well as preparing her for the challenges of womanhood. The third rite of passage is call the Cradle ceremony. The cradle ceremony is about a baby’s first time in its cradle which will be blessed to bring strength good fortune and health in the baby’s future. In the essay It will show similarities,differences and advantages and disadvantages of text and media between the three. Paragraph 2 In the Apache Girl’s rite of passage, The Medicine Bag, and the Cradle …show more content…
These two ways bring many advantages and disadvantages. One advantage of having the text it bring more details and emotion. It can also show more of their inner thoughts. But there are some disadvantages. One disadvantage is that it can be difficult to picture how the story's setting is taking place. The other way the rite of passage was presented was by video. One advantage about have the video is that it can show what is really happening as well as the sounds and the music happening all around. Making it feel that your are really there. On the other hand there is a disadvantage is that the video didn’t really show how Dachina was feeling. In conclusion there are many similarities as well as disadvantages, in addition to the similarities and disadvantages of the three rites of
Theda Perdue`s Cherokee Women: Gender and Culture Change, 1700-1835, is a book that greatly depicts what life had been like for many Native Americans as they were under European Conquering. This book was published in 1998, Perdue was influenced by a Cherokee Stomp Dance in northeastern Oklahoma. She had admired the Cherokee society construction of gender which she used as the subject of this book. Though the title Cherokee Women infers that the book focuses on the lives of only Cherokee women, Perdue actually shines light upon the way women 's roles affected the Native cultures and Cherokee-American relations. In the book, there is a focus on the way that gender roles affected the way different tribes were run in the 1700 and 1800`s.
The United States Government formally recognizes over five hundred tribes within the fifty states. These recognized tribes are qualified for funding and other various services through grants and contracts with the government along with other sources. The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians represents one of the federally recognized tribes in the United States. Located in eight reservation communities throughout Mississippi, it consists of almost 10,000 registered members. Throughout the past couple of years, the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians has faced several financial burdens regarding funding for the tribe.
The reader can understand the story more, and feel a connection with the book. For example, in Twain’s short story, diction is used to provide a distinction between the East and the West. The western people are described as less educated so their word choice is “dumbed down”, while the more educated eastern people, have excellent word choice. The narrator, from the East, has a distinguishing tone and exquisite word choice. When he says “I have a lurking suspicion that Leonidas W. Smiley is a myth; that my good friend never knew such a personage; and that he only conjectured that if I asked old Wheeler about him, it would remind him of his infamous Jim Smiley” (Twain 382), his word choice proves
When writing a novel authors must think not only about what they are about to write, but why they are going to write it. They have to select diction that will convey their inner thoughts and emotions. There is a need of imagery to pull the reader into the story so they will not lose their drive to read. Tone must constantly shift in order to keep the reader so engaged that they are determined to read until it all makes sense. From the longest to the shortest sentence, there is a reason -- called syntax-- why that sentence is there.
Women of the Iroquois have a lot of roles in the society such as voting who will be the chief/leader of them; they keep their culture alive, and cook. There are other things women had to do in the Iroquois society. Women in the Iroquois society have to stay in the long houses to cook, take care of children, prepare the food, and making the clothes for their families. Women also have a lot of authority and power in the society because of their high value to the natives.
Denise K. Lajmodiere “American Indian Females and Stereotypes: Warriors, Leaders, Healers, Feminists; Not Drudges, Princesses, Prostitutes.” National Association for Multicultural Education (2013): 104-109. Web. 7 Sept. 2015. This article, written by native female author Denise K. Lajmodiere highlights the racial stereotypes that surround Native American women and how they are historically inaccurate.
The Cherokee, a small tribe of Indians, has been forced to move from their homeland after John Ridge met secretly US official to sign a removal treaty for the selling of Cherokee’s land. Ridge and almost 2000 Cherokee migrated to Oklahoma while the vast majority of the population ignored the illegal treaty and remained on their lands. When the deadline of removal past, the general Winfield Scoot arrived in Georgia with seven thousand soldiers with the orders to remove the Cherokee. And this action was the decline of the Cherokee. After reading the book about writing by John Ehle about the Cherokee nation, we can try to analyze the impact of this removal in the Cherokee’s live.
On July 17, 1830, the Cherokee nation published an appeal to all of the American people. United States government paid little thought to the Native Americans’ previous letters of their concerns. It came to the point where they turned to the everyday people to help them. They were desperate. Their withdrawal of their homeland was being caused by Andrew Jackson signing the Indian Removal Act into law on May 28, 1830.
When reading the origin myth from the Cherokee, it is clear that animals and plants were valued for assisting in creating the earth, receiving special gifts, and sharing the land with humans. Throughout the story, animals help with the development of the world. The Water Beetle made the land from mud, while the Buzzard made the mountains and valleys. The animals even positioned the sun perfectly so every creature could enjoy the light wherever they are. Some plants and animals were even singled out to show the unique qualities they were given.
Any day now we will be forced of our ancestral lands that we have inhabited for centuries, all do to a treaty that holds no grounds. Although the treaty may have been signed by who you call the Treaty party, these individuals hold no actually authority for the Cherokee. They were not appointed by any council and had no authority to make a treaty even if they thought that they were doing it for the good of the Cherokee nation. Likewise because the Treaty party had no real authority to sign a treaty and materials agreed upon by the Treaty party, so any agreements made between this party and the government should hold no legal binding. However, despite this fact the treaty was still ratified and now we are going to get forced out of our homes.
Ranging from the south Alleghenies mountain range all the way down to the south of Georgia and far west of Alabama, lived the Cherokee Indians. They were a powerful detached tribe of the Iroquoian family and were commonly called Tsaragi which translates into "cave people. " This tribe was very prominent in what is now called the U.S, but over time has been split up or run out of their land because of social or political encounters with the new settlers from Europe. Despite the dispersion or the split amongst this tribe, they still obtained their core religious beliefs, practices and ceremonies. Their detailed belief system, fundamental beliefs, significant meanings, and their connection to song and dance make up their religious system.
In conclusion, “The Apache Girl’s Rite of Passage” and “The Medicine Bag” are very different but there are also many similarities between the two events. These two events are a huge part of each of their cultures and is a big milestone in their life. After this milestone in their life many things change , including expectations. For example, you become more “mature” and become an “adult” and you need to act like one. These two events are a huge milestone of each of their cultures and is super important in different
The usage of short sentences gets the point across faster and keeps the reader engaged with the story. It also creates a feeling of realism that the reader is involved in the scene and gives them a feeling that something negative is going to happen. uThe setting also gives an atmosphere of suspense when they are walking down the streets, past the wax dummies shop “Do you suppose if we screamed they’d do anything?” The characters
Cherokee society was not some savage like the first European settlers liked to pretend. The people were very connected through their religious beliefs and by living in close knit communities. The Cherokee people knew what was expected of them in their communities, but also knew what they could do to improve their status. In this way their lifestyle was very organized. Men and women had their own roles in day to day life, not because one gender was inferior, but because it was what they believed they were meant to do.
Each culture has several examples of rites of passage that occur as early as birth and as late in life as death. One good example of a rite of passage is a high school graduation, because it marks a young adult’s transition from a student to a graduate. When you analyze the graduation ceremony, each phase can be seen and explained quite clearly. The first of the three phases in a rite of passage is called the separation phase. It is defined as the part of the rite of passage when the person is removed as a member of his or her previous society.