Thunderheart Essays

“If I Was President” by Alice Walker describes a person aspiration to be president, and what he or she would do as president. Throughout the poem, the narrator makes references to African American and Native American political activist, who he or she seeks to find as president. As a result of the various narrative forms, diction usage, and styles within the poem, it is best analyzed using the African American Multicultural approach. In “If I Was President” there are two narrative forms at work

“Thunderheart” is a film released in 1992 and directed by Michael Apted. This film has a lot more going on than what is expected or even seen. On the surface this film is just a mystery about the FBI solving a murder on an Indian reservation, but under the surface it is about someone finding out who he is and who he can trust, whether it’s the way he wants it to be or not. Ray Levoi’s character development throughout this film is ?. At the beginning of this film, the audience meets Ray Levoi and

Dennis Banks, American Indian leader, teacher, lecturer, activist, and author, was born in 1932 on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation in northern Minnesota. At age five he was separated from his family and placed at Pipestone Indian Boarding School. He left boarding school at age 17 and went on to serve in the U.S.Military and was stationed in Japan. In 1968 Dennis Banks, Clyde Bellecourt, and Russell Means helped found the American Indian Movement (AIM), which was established to help end racism

“Washuta is a compelling individual to contemplate with respect to identity and ethnic identity, not even because she is an American Indian… but rather because she is also a personal essayist,” (O'Connor). “I am not Pocahontas” was a personal essay written by Elissa Washuta. Washuta receives her Native American heritage from her mother. She is a member of the Cowlitz tribe, which is located on the West Coast. She grew up in New Jersey and is a professor at the University of Ohio. In addition to “I