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#1 – Please clearly label your chosen essay questions, for e…

#1 – Please clearly label your chosen essay questions, for example, “Weeks 9 & 10, Essay #1; Weeks 13 & 14, Essay #1. Weeks 9 & 10 Essay Question American Indian Boarding Schools 1. Although the American Indian Boarding Schools movement did not specifically arise from the American Eugenics Movement, it shared several of its fundamental ideas and goals. Discuss the philosophy that gave rise to the American Indian Boarding Schools, its intentions and goals, in reference to American eugenics.  Weeks 11 & 12 Essay Question Indigenous and Capitalist Modes of Production 1. Vandana Shiva argues that the seed is the key to our freedom and constitutes the basis of a lifestyle in favor of the indigenous agriculture paradigm throughout the world to insure food security and a sustainable manner of living in harmony with the earth. Discuss and illustrate two to three of her arguments, contrasting them with the modern agricultural paradigm. Weeks 13 & 14 Essay Question American Indians and Religious Freedom 1. In his essay “Sacred Places and Moral Responsibility,” Vine Deloria, Jr., argues that American Indians do not have religious freedom as guaranteed under the Constitution. Use one of the case histories depicted in the film, In the Light of Reverence, to assess his arguments in answer to the question, “Do American Indians have religious freedom?” Weeks 15 & 16 Essay Question Millenarian/Revitalization Movements 1. Using three or four ethnographic examples, explicate the phenomenon of millenarianism–or revitalization, to use Anthony Wallace’s terminology–that comes with colonialism and conquest (as discussed by Balée in Chapter 9). In what ways can we use world-system theory to understand these movements? Neoliberalism 2. Provide a definition of neoliberalism and show how it relates to Adam Smith’s philosophy in The Wealth of the Nations. Discuss two controversial aspects of neoliberalism.  

#2 – Write a three-paragraph essay that answers three of the…

#2 – Write a three-paragraph essay that answers three of the following 5 questions. You are free to choose any combination of essay questions.  Please clearly label your chosen essay questions, for example, “Weeks 9 & 10, Essay #1; Weeks 13 & 14, Essay #1. Weeks 9 & 10 Essay Question American Indian Boarding Schools 1. Although the American Indian Boarding Schools movement did not specifically arise from the American Eugenics Movement, it shared several of its fundamental ideas and goals. Discuss the philosophy that gave rise to the American Indian Boarding Schools, its intentions and goals, in reference to American eugenics.  Weeks 11 & 12 Essay Question Indigenous and Capitalist Modes of Production 1. Vandana Shiva argues that the seed is the key to our freedom and constitutes the basis of a lifestyle in favor of the indigenous agriculture paradigm throughout the world to insure food security and a sustainable manner of living in harmony with the earth. Discuss and illustrate two to three of her arguments, contrasting them with the modern agricultural paradigm. Weeks 13 & 14 Essay Question American Indians and Religious Freedom 1. In his essay “Sacred Places and Moral Responsibility,” Vine Deloria, Jr., argues that American Indians do not have religious freedom as guaranteed under the Constitution. Use one of the case histories depicted in the film, In the Light of Reverence, to assess his arguments in answer to the question, “Do American Indians have religious freedom?” Weeks 15 & 16 Essay Question Millenarian/Revitalization Movements 1. Using three or four ethnographic examples, explicate the phenomenon of millenarianism–or revitalization, to use Anthony Wallace’s terminology–that comes with colonialism and conquest (as discussed by Balée in Chapter 9). In what ways can we use world-system theory to understand these movements? Neoliberalism 2. Provide a definition of neoliberalism and show how it relates to Adam Smith’s philosophy in The Wealth of the Nations. Discuss two controversial aspects of neoliberalism.