FINAL DRAFT

Avatar Position Paper

BY: Jordan

Introduction

In our history the First nations experienced cultural contact, marginalization, and

assimilation when the Europeans came to America. That part of our history is

portrayed in the movie Avatar very well. The Na’vi experienced the same things

as the First nations when the sky people came to Pandora. The sky people

started to force the Na’vi out of their home to get what they wanted.

In the essay I will talk about cultural contact, marginalization, assimilation, and how they affected the Na'vi.

Body #1

Cultural contact – In the movie cultural contact is portrayed when the sky people came to Pandora. The sky people created “Avatars” that had the same physical appearance as the Na’vi, to try and learn about them.

Body #2

Marginalization- The sky people came to Pandora to mine (don’t know the name of the rock) and the Na’vis sacred tree was growing on the richest place of (rock) on Pandora. The Na’vi didn’t want to give up their sacred home tree, so the sky people tried to push them aside and take what they wanted.

Body #3

Assimilation- The Na’vi declined when the sky people offered them English schooling.

Conclusion- In the essay I talked about how cultural contact, marginalization, and assimilation effected the Na’vi.

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