The Life of the Navajo Indian Tribe I am writing my research paper on the Navajo Indians once called Dine’s; the Pueblo’s gave them the name Navajo as it was a Pueblo word meaning “planted fields” or “farmlands”. The Navajo Indians came from the Northwest Pacific coast and Canada between the 1300’s and the 1600’s. I chose to do my research paper on the Navajo Indians because I am French‚ Irish‚ and Indian‚ therefore I will be learning a about some of my own family history. First I will
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Nukak Maku Tribe of Colombia Change is inevitable and in most cases‚ change is a good‚ and much needed thing‚ especially when it comes from a place of adaptation and progression in a culture. However‚ there is a vast difference between culture change‚ and culture loss. While the gradual changing of a culture can be a revitalizing thing‚ the complete loss and total disappearance of a culture is never a thing to be celebrated. Less than ten years ago‚ a visit to the tropical rainforests between the
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The Kickapoo Tribe The Kickapoo Indians‚ roughly meaning‚ “He who moves about‚ standing now here‚ now there‚” spent centuries of time wandering the land of North America. Algonquin‚ the language from which the Kickapoo speak‚ have taken their name from the Algonquin words Kiwegapaw or Kiwigapawa. Today‚ the recognized tribes are the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma‚ the traditional Tribe in Texas‚ the Kansas Kickapoo Tribe‚ and also‚ The Mexican Kickapoo Tribe. Their population of 3‚000 people in 1759
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The Blackfoot Tribe is a group of Native Americans that lived in the Northern Great Plains. It consisted of four distinct nations‚ The Siksika‚ The Blood‚ The Pikinini‚ and The Blackfeet Nation. These nations all shared historical and cultural backgrounds‚ and they fought the same enemies but they were all independent with their leadership. The Siksika‚ the Blood‚ and the Pikinini Nations lived in Alberta‚ Canada and the Blackfeet Nation lived in Montana. Most of the tribes settlements were in Montana
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alexis snodgrass block 4 8-30-17 Shawnee The Shawnee was a tribe that was originly from Tennesse. Later on the Shawny moved to other places such as Oklahoma‚ Texas‚ Ohio‚ South Carolina‚ Pennsylvania‚‚ and Kansas. Following the Civil War the Shawnee Tribe decided to start moving and blending into the Cherokee tribe. That blended them both which lead to the Cherokee Shawnee tribe. The Shwnee tribe moved around alot. Which ment they never really had permenat shelters. They usually lived in wigwams
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Who were the Timucua? What did they do? Where did they live? These may be some questions that you have about the Timucua tribe. They lived (during this time) in present day Florida‚ and they did many of great things. They had fought for their land‚ gathered some food‚ and stayed unchanged for at least more than 1‚000 years. You will learn more about the Timucua as you read this report. The Timucua had lived in Eastern Florida. They had two main cities‚ Jacksonville and St. Augustine. The climate
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This class report is about the Amazonian Tribes and why the rain forest is important to them. The many things that will be discussed in this report are when they arrived‚ where they migrated from‚ and how settlers have affected the rain forest for the Amazonians. The different resources that are in the rain forest will also be discussed to give a better idea on why many people have come to the rainforest to settle and collect these resources. The way the Brazil Government has used the rain forest
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The discovery of a new tribe is always seen as an exciting opportunity for researchers in many subfields of sociology. The most recent tribe to be contacted has now been named the Khotso tribe‚ meaning ‘peace’ in Southern Sotho which is widely used I the nearby region‚ for reasons to be revealed later. Attempts to further understand the culture of the Khotso tribe is expected to yield profound revelations for the social scientific community. To date‚ linguistic anthropologists have made quick progress
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around it. This is the life of the Chippewa tribe. The Chippewa tribe‚ also known as Ojibway Indians (Web)‚ was created by the Algonquian people. In the early years‚ the Algonquian people maintained different tribes and cultures. They also traveled throughout the Great Lakes from place to place to find more efficient resources (Ditchfield 6). In the 1600s‚ the Chippewa tribe and its people‚ the Chippewas‚ became one of the largest and most efficient tribes in North America (7). The Chippewas called
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The Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma is signifigant to our states history. They had a happy life in Northwest Ohio and Southern Michigan‚ until they got pushed out. Southwest Wisconsin was there new home for a little while. Oklahoma was then their last stop‚ along with Texas and Kansas. The nickname for the Kickapoo “Kiwigapawa” refers to them moving from place to place‚ because the word itself means “he moves from here to there”. Tribes across Oklahoma have had these same struggles of moving from many
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