Traditions -necessary -we were all born into different social groups thus we find traditions necessary to bond us all as different people -Social‚ religious‚ political‚ racial -emerge from culture Traditions still serve a purpose Traditions inculcate morals but how many people follow it? Traditions teach history‚ culture‚ belief but how many people care? Traditions bring people together e.g. Chinese New Year provides opportunity
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current health care problems of the American Indian and Alaska Native populations. American Indians and Alaska Native populations are faced with numerous health related problems and heath disparities today. It is interesting because they are caught in kind of a limbo between the “old ways” and the “new ways”. For the rest of the essay I am going to use the term “Native American” rather than American Indian. It seems more appropriate in today’s culture. The Native American traditions of diagnosing
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Kristen Wenzel‚ author of “Tradition” and director of women studies at the College of New Rochelle analyzes the influences tradition has had on societies. She discusses the relationship between malnutrition‚ hunger and tradition. Gender dividers‚ between both men and women are placed and have been put in effect. With this‚ the social dividers have encouraged incentives for societies to manufacture and distribute food. The article‚ Tradition‚ suggest the inclusion and exclusion of elements in a
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I do agree with the author that the Comanche people operated a massive empire in the American Southwest. “…Comanche’s built in the early nineteenth century a loose bit imposing empire on the southern plains and in the southwest...” (141). Although when the Comanche arrived on the South Plains‚ they were not a unified body. They arrived in numerous family groups. There were a lot of different Comanche bands‚ but there were five major bands that played the important roles in Comanche history. The
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important to your life. Growing up as a first generation American Indian‚ my values and beliefs that come with traditional Hindu upbringing and the culture at my home tend to go unnoticed. All my values and beliefs are characteristic of my parents’ home country‚ while engaging in assimilation and socialization in this country where I was born and raised. The culture I am referring to here includes the beliefs‚ ideas‚ rituals and traditions that are passed down from generation to generation over many
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4‚ 2011 Arranged Marriages in the Indian and American Culture Every country and every religion have their own traditions. It is what makes their culture different from each other. The American and Indian cultures have a vast differentiation between them. While the culture of America is a mixture of different cultures‚ the Indian culture is unique and has its own values. Even though dating and marriage have the same meaning to him and her in every culture‚ the meaning of their relationships and
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Indian Culture vs. America Culture No two cultures are the same‚ but they to have similarities. Indian culture and American culture share many things; however‚ there have vast differentiations. Over time‚ I’ve come to recognize that the most different cultural aspects are marital customs‚ religious beliefs‚ and community values. Whenever I go to India‚ I get the chance to first hand experience the distinctions between the two cultures. The most dissimilar aspect‚ to me‚ is community values. I’ve
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will focus on Indian Americans and their assimilation in to the United States and its culture. Being a second-generation Indian American‚ I believe that I can relate to this subject well. I and other second-generation Indians Americans face a unique set of entirely different social issues. I will focus on the main social institutions of family‚ education‚ religion‚ politics‚ and compare and contrast the experiences of first generation Indian Americans and second generation Indian Americans. It
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to dress appropriately by giving us the weather‚ to breaking the news of a tragedy that happened. The media has‚ and always will play a significant role in the world we live in. Every culture and every subculture use the media in diverse ways‚ well some see a more critical role for up to date information‚ some cultures do not need that as part of their everyday
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Indian vs American Indian and American cultures have been a big part of me and my life. The Indian culture and American cultures are similar and different. The Indian culture is a more strict‚ spicy cuisine‚ and an easier education system. On the other hand‚ the American culture is more laid back‚ has mixed cuisine‚ and has a tough education system. Competition is extreme in Indian society. From past experience‚ American parents are more encouraging than Indian parents. If an Indian child
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