Essay: Indian Tribes

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Nanticoke tribe is most sharply different from the Cheyenne Indians and the Navajo tribe. The Cheyenne tribe had an extremely nomadic culture while the Navejo tribe has a semi-nomadic culture. This is in sharp contrast to the Nanticoke tribe which was relatively much less nomadic and therefore invested more in the area in which they were staying. This is reflected in the kind of structures they made for living, they were less portable (unlike those of the Cheyenne Indians) and also they had more elaborate structures as meeting places for the clans.

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Essay: Indian Culture

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Nanticoke have lost their original language in many ways they are still maintaining their traditions very passionately and closely. One important reason is the presence of individuals like Jean Norwood who are still involved in discovering the history of their people and preserving it for future generations. Members still are proud of their ancestry and regularly meet to celebrate their identity. Another reason is tribal laws which prevent profit making from vice and which I feel will strengthen the community’s traditions and the community itself.

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Essay: Immigration to Canada

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Immigration has always been a major source of population growth forCanadaand recent studies reveal that by 2030 it will be the only source of population growth forCanada. It is because of this thatCanadafollows such an aggressive expansionary immigrant policy. A large part ofCanada’s population is now reaching its retirement age. It means that the already present labor shortages will become worse and the dearth for skilled and unskilled workers will become worse.

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Essay: Stratified Societies

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Mason (2001) has described the socio economic differences through a conflict perspective where light has been shed upon the inequalities prevailing not just regarding unemployment for socially acceptable people but also among imprisoned African Americans and between the genders of their own ghettos.

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Essay: Issues faced by Canadian Immigrants

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A major issue is that native-Canadians believe that the focus should be taken off immigrants and that they took too many immigrants as it is. A recent study revealed that 45% of Canadians living inAlbertabelieve that no more immigrants should be taken in. Education will help immigrants integrate better into Canadian community.

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Essay: Color Differences in American African Society

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There has appeared a concept as being pure black or the general identity that has made the general identity a bit more edgy. For example, Republican Senate candidate, Alan Keyes has claimed that since he is the real descendant of slaves in America, he happens to be the pure black breed as opposed to his Democratic opponent, Barack Obama, whose father was an African but mother was still a white. Similarly, much of progress was witnessed soon after slavery was abolished though it took decades to become acceptable.

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Essay: Biculturality

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The concept of self development is shaped by the socio cognitive level, cultural differences and groups within a society. Therefore, cultural identity and cultural differences are present in a mass environment an while eking out the existence of a minority culture, hence, the term ‘biculturality’. At the same time there is no guarantee that a shared culture would produce homogenous individuals.

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Essay: Arguments on Drinking Age

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A quote by expert points  that

“Raising the drinking age to 21 was passed with the very best of intentions, but it’s had the very worst of outcomes,” said David J. Hanson, an alcohol policy expert at the State University of New York-Potsdam. “Just like during national Prohibition, the law has pushed and forced underage drinking and youthful drinking underground, where we have no control over it.” Johnson Alex ‘Debate on lower drinking age bubbling up’

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