In this chapter is being discussed the different roles that are carried out by elderly in different cultures and different periods of times. As a member of a society grows older‚ he or she usually changes roles or occupations. The acceptable roles for elders differ in each society. Some cultures utilize their elderly in many ways‚ while others just a few. There are many factors that distinguish the elderly in non industrialized societies from those living in the industrialized West. Older people
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The Native American Culture should be saved because they are people of American‚ they have their own belief system and the different ways of living. Native Americans are people too‚ but they are treated very different from "normal" Americans. One example of a Native American Culture would be the Navajo Indians which was the tribe in the TV show "30 Days". The Navajo tribe lives on a reservation in 3 states: Arizona‚ Utah‚ and New Mexico. Navajo reservation is know for being one of the biggest reservations
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The discovery that Native Americans’ culture is not static‚ is a relatively new one. With the aid of modern archeology‚ we now know that the Natives were very complex and were ever changing. The evidence we have now is still basic‚ but we can still learn a lot from it. Because of the lack of evidence‚ a lot of controversy is attributed to Native Americans. Some people believe that Natives were perfect beings‚ living in harmony with nature and others believe that they were savages due to human sacrifices
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One of the biggest leaders that helped change the Native American sport into its modern version seen today was a Canadian dentist by the name of Dr. William George Beers. Beers was a lacrosse fanatic‚ who had been introduced to the sport at a very early age in the French colonies in upper North America. As one historian points out as Beers grew older‚ “He became obsessed with the need for some sort of controlled play‚ some codification that would stabilize the erratic nature of the Indian sport
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The Mandan tribe was a Native American group that lived in what is present day North Dakota for hundreds of years before its culmination in the late 1800s. They were very unique and had minimal technologies or or formal civilizations‚ forcing them to live off the land. The practices of the Mandan tribe were different to those of any other peoples‚ either today or centuries ago. The Mandans’ way of life‚ religion‚ and culture greatly contrast other people and tribes from both when they existed and
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from a dead language. All European countries examples American‚ Canadian‚ West Indian add their own uniqueness and culture to the English language. African cultures are also shown in English today by reflecting their own ideas‚ thinking and philosophy. Our forefathers believes that it was a dreadful betrayal and produced a guilty feeling when there were forced to use another language. In Africa there is a call by the government for an African Renaissance‚ and the complications arise when there is
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Our society is set up and divided into a hierarchy that reflects income and the family you were born in to. When a culture distinguishes between a group‚ there will always be an overarching system that places some lower on the system than others. The idea of dividing a people based on factors such as these‚ supports Bourdieu’s claims and theories circling around the concept that‚ “power is culturally and symbolically created and constantly refined.” When there is a hierarchy‚ it leads to competition
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Rap Descendant Rap has its origins that belong to ancient Africans brought to America‚ where the Rap ancestors got their own accent (Vernacular English)‚ and lived their own culture (African American Culture) such as Funk‚ Jazz‚ Rock‚ and then Hip-Hop; like the majority of colored race‚ the black race suffered from enslavement and terror of the whites‚ thus in order to establish their position within American society‚ African Americans revolted against the white regime in the sixteenth (Civil Rights
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Question# 4: African cultures‚ by and large‚ bring a similar world view to the relationship between man and the spiritual realm‚ one that is marked by an extremely personal interaction. In the broader African spiritual world human beings are seen to be under the constant influence of other people‚ their ancestors‚ minor deities‚ the Creator‚ and various forces of nature. As a result the African spiritual world can be described as interactive since all things are endowed with life-force. How is this
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In Native American culture‚ it is common practice to use stories as a way to teach the young children lessons. The stories were told orally‚ so therefore they could be altered to fit the needs of the group that day. The stories are aimed toward children‚ but the lessons can be grasped at any age as they deal with many of the themes of Native American Spirituality. Some of the main lessons we learned through presentations in class are we need to find a balance with nature‚ have humility to contain
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