Culture Paper: American Indian Pride
“Culture Paper: American Indian Pride”
December 2. 2012
Survey of Exceptionalities
1. What is the name of this culture? The name of the culture of people I selected is the American Indians of North American. I did not want to select just one type or subgroup of this culture, but capture a few elements of the people altogether as one whole culture. The four largest tribes of American Indians are Navajo (308,013), Cherokee (285, 476), Sioux (131, 048), and Chippewa (115, 859). These tribes of American Indians are the most indentify by people of this culture - according to the website www.infoplease.com. Each tribe has a special tradition or custom that is passed down from generation to generation, but the three common core themes of American Indians were family, story telling, and ritual dance.
(Wikipedia, 2012)
2. What language do the people of this culture speak? I will continue to discuss American Indians as one whole culture, but will use the Navajo tribe above and explain the native tongue of their people. The Navajo people speak the native language of Navajor. Each tribe had their own native tongue common to the people of that subgroup, but all American Indians shared a common core element of hieroglyphics that told stories of past experiences or explain the existence of mankind. For example, The Navajo had ancient text on the Sacred Mountains, which was described as the Four Sacred Mountain of the Dire. These ancient images could be found on the sides of rocks, where other tribes’ hieroglyphics would be display on teepees. It depended on the American Indians tradition of that certain tribe. (Wikipedia, 2012)
3. Where do they live? The American Indians lived throughout every inch of land in North America. Some cultures of Indians can even be found as far north as Canada and even south as Mexico. For example the Semipole Indians originally lived in Florida, who still reside primarily there or can
December 2. 2012
Survey of Exceptionalities
1. What is the name of this culture? The name of the culture of people I selected is the American Indians of North American. I did not want to select just one type or subgroup of this culture, but capture a few elements of the people altogether as one whole culture. The four largest tribes of American Indians are Navajo (308,013), Cherokee (285, 476), Sioux (131, 048), and Chippewa (115, 859). These tribes of American Indians are the most indentify by people of this culture - according to the website www.infoplease.com. Each tribe has a special tradition or custom that is passed down from generation to generation, but the three common core themes of American Indians were family, story telling, and ritual dance.
(Wikipedia, 2012)
2. What language do the people of this culture speak? I will continue to discuss American Indians as one whole culture, but will use the Navajo tribe above and explain the native tongue of their people. The Navajo people speak the native language of Navajor. Each tribe had their own native tongue common to the people of that subgroup, but all American Indians shared a common core element of hieroglyphics that told stories of past experiences or explain the existence of mankind. For example, The Navajo had ancient text on the Sacred Mountains, which was described as the Four Sacred Mountain of the Dire. These ancient images could be found on the sides of rocks, where other tribes’ hieroglyphics would be display on teepees. It depended on the American Indians tradition of that certain tribe. (Wikipedia, 2012)
3. Where do they live? The American Indians lived throughout every inch of land in North America. Some cultures of Indians can even be found as far north as Canada and even south as Mexico. For example the Semipole Indians originally lived in Florida, who still reside primarily there or can
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