Student Research Blogs
Below are links to student research blogs. They were done as part of a project in a second-semester Composition and Literature course where we focused on Native American history, culture, and literature.
Historical Research: from On Sand Creek by Simon Ortiz
Cultural/Historic Research: Catholicism, Education, and Native American History
Comparative Research: Disney versus the “Real” Pocahantas
Challenging Race and Stereotypes in Sherman Alexie’s Flight
Navajo Codetalkers in Contemporary Film
The Last of the Mohicans and Attitudes About Race
The Trail of Tears: Images and Words
Challenging Native American Stereotypes in Film – Smoke Signals
Historical Research: The FBI, AIM, and Thunderheart
Stereotyping and Ten Little Indians
Native Americans and the Boarding School Experience
Pushing the Bear and the Indian Removal Act
** All student blogs are public domain and used with the expressed permission of the authors.