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Captive To The American Woods: Sarah Wakefield And Cultural Mediation, Sophia Betsworth Hunt
Captive To The American Woods: Sarah Wakefield And Cultural Mediation, Sophia Betsworth Hunt
Masters Theses
The life and narrative of Sarah Wakefield, an Anglo migrant who spent six weeks as a captive of the Santee Dakotas during the US-Dakota Conflict, show one woman's experience navigating the changing racial dynamics of the nineteenth-century Minnesota frontier. Using recent conceptualizations of “the frontier” as either a middle ground or woods, this thesis reconsiders Wakefield as a prisoner, not of Indians or her own conscience but of her region‟s ossifying racial divisions. Wakefield's initial attempts at intercultural communication, which included feeding starving Dakotas who knocked on her door, were consistent with Anglo notions about womanhood and Indian-white relations. But …
The Impact Of Culture And National Origin On Educational Aspiration, Personal Responsibility, And Self-Efficacy: A Comparative Analysis Of Views By African Americans And African Caribbeans, Donna M. Dopwell
Masters Theses
The United States is a country of many cultures and peoples. The different cultures need to be understood in order to best support the success of all individuals in the country. One group that has been present, but has only recently received attention as a valid culture, is African Americans. Further complicating the black identity in the country is the presence of immigrants of African descent. While there is existing research on the subjects of race relations, cultural identities, and perceptions regarding opportunities for success, much of this research is qualitative and some of the research uses a deficit approach …