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Indian giver" is a pejorative expression used to describe a person who gives a "gift" and later wants it back or who expects something of equivalent worth in return for the item. [1] It is based on cultural misunderstandings that took place between the early European colonists and the Indigenous people with whom they traded. [ 2 ]
Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World [1] is a 1988 non-fiction book by American author Jack Weatherford. The book explains the many ways in which the various peoples native to North and South America contributed to the modern world's culture, manufacturing, medicine, markets, and other aspects of modern life.
Both terms are still widely used today. "American Indian" appears often in treaties between the United States and the Indigenous peoples with whom they have been negotiating since the colonial period, and many federal, state, and local laws also use it. [9] "American Indian" is the term used in the United States Census. [10]
His long-awaited novel, variously called The Indian Giver, Extro, and The Computer Connection, was a major disappointment—a confused farrago of old ideas and gimmicks." [ 2 ] Patrick A. McCarthy, in a review of Carolyn Wendell's 1982 Alfred Bester , wrote that her coverage of The Computer Connection is "very brief but quite accurate in ...
The history of India up to (and including) the times of the Buddha, with his life generally placed into the 6th or 5th century BCE, is a subject of a major scholarly debate. The vast majority of historians in the Western world accept the theory of Aryan Migration with c. 1500-1200 BCE dates for the displacement of Indus civilization by Aryans ...
I belive the indian giver term arises in part from conflicting notions of property rights. European migrants had a strong notion of personal property, to the point that in european culture one could trace the ownership of any object or parcel of land, and ownership rights were enforced by contracts and rule of law.
The Rockin' Ramrods released their first single "Jungle Call" b/w "Indian Giver" on Explosive Records in late 1963. [ 3 ] In 1964 as instrumental groups lost favor after the onset of the Beatles and the British Invasion , the Rockin' Ramrods switched to the practice of using vocals in most of their songs. [ 1 ]
After the Cherokee were forced to move to Indian Territory, various groups associated with the Keetoowah Society worked to preserve traditional culture and its teachings. The group now known as The Original Keetoowah Society is believed to have developed from an early 20th-century group known as the Keetoowah Nighthawk Society (or the Nighthawk ...