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    Early Arkansas Tribes

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    Early Arkansas Tribes The Quapaw‚ Caddo and Osage were three tribes that occupied lands in Arkansas when the Europeans arrived in the early 1500’s. All three tribes were very similar and different in other ways. In the end all three tribes today live on different reservations around the country and still struggle to keep their culture‚ history and memories alive. One very common theme among these tribes is their strong sense of spirituality. Although each tribe that slight varations of their

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    Urban Tribes in the UK

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    Introduction Urban tribes are made up by groups of people – usually young‚ with a distinct common identity: the same aesthetic codes‚ the same identity symbols‚ the same rules‚ the same language‚ the same music… A whole ideology! These tribes have many different ideologies: right-wing‚ left-wing‚ non-political or against globalization. Some of them are nearly extinct‚ and others in full expansion. But all of them are ruled by it own ideology. They usually meet in central‚ commercial or nightlife

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    Lummi Tribe

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    1. Location Lummi Indians were the first settlers on San Juan Island‚ with encampments along the north end of the island. North-end beaches were especially busy during the annual salmon migration‚ when hundreds of tribal members would gather along the shoreline to fish‚ cook‚ and exchange news. The reservation is a five mile long peninsula which forms Lummi Bay on the west‚ Bellingham Bay on the east‚ with a smaller peninsula of Sandy Point‚ Portage Island and the associated tidelands. 2. Treaty:

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    Woman and Ila Tribe

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    feels that outside people‚ or travelers speak with such lightness when they talk to each other‚ he says that we should not speak in vain‚ and it is a tradition that he has thought to his children‚ and they should be respected. He mentions that his tribe tries to follow their old traditions while others decide to move on and go on a different direction. Not enough women were born in the years before. His father had to travel long roads to find a wife‚ he travel through jungles following instructions

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    Pomo Indian Tribe

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    Native American people I chose a tribe called The Pomo. I chose this tribe for various reasons. First off I wanted to always know more about Indians and there ways of living and various cultures. Another reason I chose the Pomo was they are from Northern California‚ and well I lived in Sacramento before I moved down to Florida‚ so I wanted to learn about the Indians that live in California around where I used to live. One last reason I chose the Pomo Indian Tribe was I liked there name and really

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    Summary: The Modern and Contemporary‚ Samurai‚ and Religion and Ritual have the largest individual sections. Sections 1-5 showcase the traditions and rituals that are meaningful and prominent in Japan. Sections 6 and 7 show the traditional dress the Japanese would wear and the accessories that went along with the dress. Sections 9-12 show the different arts and crafts/design the Japanese created. Section 13 and 8 have their own area/corner of the room. Section 13 is the Samurai/War area and Section

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    Santanic Ritual Abuse

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    Sands Steve Taylor English 112 14 September 2008 Satanic Ritual Abuse is it Real? How real is the threat of satanic ritual abuse? Are people actually recovering repressed memories of satanic abuse as a child? Is there a widespread epidemic of Satanism sweeping the country‚ or is it all a hoax? We will answer these questions and many others in the next few pages‚ as we sift through the facts to find the truth about satanic ritual abuse. In the article‚ The Devil‚ You Say‚ David O’Reilly of

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    Native American Hopi Tribe

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    The Native American Hopi tribe perform numerous rituals to positively impact their lives and bless their tribe. The Hopi believe that there is a spiritual essence and a presence of life in everything in the universe‚ and that it is necessary to interact with these spiritual life forces in order to survive (Wright‚ 2008). Thus‚ the Hopi personify these impersonal spirits in the form of kachina dancers and carved‚ handmade kachina dolls so that they can better interact with and please these powerful

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    The Isoma ritual is a corrective ritual used to remedy a woman’s inability to produce children‚ a condition commonly known as lufwisha‚ meaning “to give birth to a dead child” (16) as well as the “constant dying of children.” Lufwisha is thought to be caused by angry shades that inflict the condition upon the would-be mother‚ because she has forgotten direct ascendants as well as “the immediate progenetrices of their matrikin” (13). Isoma‚ therefore‚ is used so that the afflicted woman‚ being able

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    Tohono O ’odham Religion and Rituals December 02‚ 2013 Tohono O ’odham Religion and Rituals Himdag is a Tohono O ’odham word that translates to "way of life". The eight elements of religion are found throughout the Tohono O ’odham past and present cultural beliefs. The Tohono O ’odham believe that they were created by a God named I ’itoi. I ’itoi once created a people whom were known as the Hohokam or the ancient ones. The Hohokam turned on I ’itoi and attempted to kill him four times. After the

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