The indigenous peoples of the Philippines consist of a large number of indigenous ethnic groups living in the country. They are the descendants of the original inhabitants of thePhilippines who have managed to resist centuries of Spanish and United States colonization and in the process have retained their customs and traditions.[1]CThe Philippine islands are inhabited by a number of different ethnic groups. The majority of the population is composed of ethnolinguistic groups whose languages are
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scandal‚ in which what was known as the Iran Contra Affair‚ had occurred. The situation of the Iran Contra Affair took place during President Ronald Reagan’s second term of administration. In addition‚ the Iran Contra Affair besides the US‚ involved two other countries: Iran and Nicaragua. (Infoplease.com). Over in Iran‚ there were "seven American hostages being held in Lebanon"(Wikipedia.com). Meanwhile‚ there was also a war going on between Iraq and Iran in 1985. How it came to be that the US
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The shaping of the national agenda and the organizing of the 1980 presidential campaign was drastically altered. At the same time the United States economy was in a recession by a doubling of oil prices‚ which was closely associated with the crisis. Iran supplied about 65 percent of the world’s exported oil in 1979‚ if this oil was to stop or prices were dramatically raised it would result in a collapse economically in the West. The year it took to get the hostages released resulted in the failure
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however‚ many tribes contributed much more history than most people know. The Passamaquoddy and Wampanoag tribes are two groups who have ancestors dating back to way before Columbus’ time. Both tribes are located in the north east. The Passamaquoddy live further north‚ in Maine‚ and the Wampanoag reside in Massachusetts‚ an area that today is called‚ Martha’s Vineyard. Both groups have a strong community and presence in their regions still to this day. The Passamaquoddy and Wampanoag Tribes each have
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America is only trying to protect Iran. America is willing to offer their military to Iran so that they can get help just incase someone decides to trick them into thinking that they don’t need any help for example the USSR. The decisions shouldn’t matter to the USSR because it doesn’t involve them. They are only concerned about it because they know that nobody will try to steal Iran’s oil. The only reason that America said that they don’t want to Interfere in something unless they need to is because
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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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Siegfried C. Lapada BSE – 2A Reaction Paper Krippendorf’s Tribe ( film ) Krippendorf’s tribe is a movie about a respected anthropologist James Krippendorf and his children committing a fraud by pretending to have found a lost tribe in New Guienea which he named Shelmikendu after the names of his children Shelly‚ Mickey and Edmund. The fraud started when James Krippendorf was scheduled to lecture at a college about the tribe. Also‚ he feared that he will be charged of misuse of grant
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This place is dominated by the tribe that the men who are taller only reach to 150 cm. This indigenous tribe is called “Yali Tribe” or in another name “Papua Pygmy Cannibals.” They are discovered around 1970s (Yali Tribe‚ n.d.). Many people believe they are the most dread cannibals in the western of new guinea. The reasons why people call Yali is the most brutal tribe is because Yalis always and completely eliminate their enemies. There is a rumor
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The Kaw native american tribe was and still are a fascinating tribe that lived in Great Plains.The Kaw head a spoke but was never a written language‚ also the way they dressed was very different from the way people today‚ they cooperated with other small tribes to insure their survival and to not make enemies. The Kaw’s language was almost lost withe when their last fluent speaker died in the late 20th century‚ but most people of the tribe are trying to bring it back. The Kaw didn’t go to war very
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