Archive for September, 2010
How to Find Native American Scholarships
Numerous resources are currently available to help Native American students finance their college education. Aside from the federal government’s grant for minority college aid, there are also many contributions from individual tribes intended for scholarships for Native Americans. These scholarships allow American Indians to pursue higher education for free.
The federal government has been mandated to provide support and aid to tribal colleges and universities. There is a growing number of Native American scholarships, bringing the college enrolment rate of American Indians above the national average.
What is an American Accent? And How to Learn It
What is an American accent? Is it possible to learn it? If yes, how? This article will answer these questions.
What is an American accent?
General American is a major accent of American English. It’s used in the United States and Canada. It’s one of the most widely recognized English accents, because of globally recognized American movies, music and mass media. General American differs a lot from British English or Australian English.
How I Made Studying Native American Culture at Home an Adventure
I must admit that when I was a child and was first learning about the history of our great country and our Native Americans I wasn’t very interested at all. Sure I really liked the way they dressed and the war paint they wore. I even liked making Native American type crafts in our arts and crafts class. But beyond that, as with many others things as a child, all the book learning we did in school went in one ear and out the other. Years later as a parent whom has chosen to take a highly active role in the education of my children by homeschooling them I was bound and determined to find a much better means to educate myself along with my children on the subject of our great Native American culture.
The first thing I did was to research the Native American history right here in my area of the United States. Being from the Chicago area I did not think that there was very much for my children to go and see to learn about this particular culture. But I was wrong. I did know that the origin of the name Chicago originated from a Native American term shikaakwa so I started from there and mapped out a very adventurous plan.