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    A Complicated Kindness Summary Sheet Core Mennonite Beliefs * First and foremost: Christians * Specific Mennonite philosophies * Non violence * No circumstances * Mennonites are exempt from going to war * Rejection of the world * Should focus on heaven * Things in real life are distractions * Community * Strong emphasis on doing charity and helping each other * Putting faith into action * Actions

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    Iroquois Kinship System

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    Iroquois Kinship 1 Iroquois Kinship System Carl B. Lockhart ANT 101 Robert Moon August 29‚ 2011 Iroquois Kinship 2 Iroquois Kinship System The first scientific investigation of an

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    The notion of American family has changed through the years; that is the reason why modern North American kinship greatly differ from the patterns observed from the 1970s and other previous decades. According to Gezon and Kottak in the book Culture‚ family is defined as a group of people related either by blood or marriage. Like in any other society‚ the model of American kinship is influenced by culture‚ but it drastically differs when compared to other societies. According to the book‚ American

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    Kinship and the Inuit People It takes a certain type of person to be able to survive the harsh freezing climate of the Arctic. The Inuit‚ descendants of the Thule have been surviving along the shores of the Arctic Ocean‚ Hudson Bay‚ Davis Strait‚ and Labrador Sea for over 1‚000 years. The kinship relationships among the Inuit people are very important to their way of life and survival. Every family unit consists of the nuclear family. This is the most common type of unit in a foraging

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    A Different Kind of Kinship Patricia F. Leavell ANT353: Anthropology of Gender Inst. Jeri Myers March 11‚ 2013 A Different Kind of Kinship Societies around the world have different ways of structuring their family units. Some are patrilineal and others‚ such as the Mosuo‚ are matrilineal in nature. This means that the family passes their inheritance down through the female line. In the Mosuo culture‚ they go one-step further than the passing of the inheritance in that the only males that

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    contracted between two group of kin and persists beyond the lives of those actually married. i) Opposite sex based on a deep and abiding complementarity that extends beyond household decisions to include deeper spiritual matters. My Milk‚ My Blood: Kinship and Descent a) Once the baby is born‚ it continues to receive its mother’s blood‚ in the form of breast milk. b) Throughout the world the idea that individuals who share blood are bound to one another by powerful ties is the basis for domestic

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    Amish Identity Analysis

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    are expressed through a plethora of ways including culture. Culture acts as a catalyst for individuals as common beliefs‚ opinions‚ behaviours and values are shared. These contributing elements formulates society’s way of life. The Australian and Amish culture are differing cultures with diverse perspectives. Both these cultures contain rules and regulations on how one should conduct themselves within society‚ thus formulating their identity. These cultures effectively influence gender and identity

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    Kinship System of the Bushmen Dior McClelland ANT 101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Melissa Kirkendall June 25‚ 2012 For thousands of years the San people have inhabited southern Africa‚ foraging through the Kalahari Desert. The San also known as the Bushmen‚ but the word Bushmen can be affiliated with negativity‚ so they prefer to be called the San people. This paper will briefly explain the kinship system of the San people‚ provide three examples of how the kinship system impacted

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    The Amish has a deep belief in biblical passages‚ such as the rules of taking photographs‚ as there is a few records of their society ever existing. The Amish like to keep it simple‚ and to themselves. They do not want to live in the world with other people who does not devout themselves to God as they do. They are considered as “salt the earth” as they take care of each other‚ and farming the land of the God gave them. They work hard and do not do things the short ways. In some ways there is similarities

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    Australian Aborigines Carolyn Bennett ANT101 Lecia Sims 4/29/12 Aborigines 2 Introduction In the following pages I am going to try to identify and describe the kinship system and the habits and ways of the Australian Aborigines Aborigines 3 Australian Aboriginals The Australian Aborigines are a nomadic band of people that roam the outback of Australia. They walk for miles a day‚ rest at night

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