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    Choctaw tribe‚ their lots of things today’s generation does not know that went about on/inside their reservation. There are things like their geographic location‚ clothing‚ historical impact‚ housing and reputation that no one could have never thought about that went on at reservations in America. Given that Native American tribes are different from typical American‚ the Choctaw tribe is west of the Mississippi river‚ and adjoining part of Louisiana.The Choctaw tribe was a peaceful tribe. They were

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    pictures. They figured out that it is because of their different way of living‚ but they have no clue what the tourists are doing with the pictures they took. It was hard to see how the tourists wanted to put their culture and values on the Mursi tribe (“Say thank you!” although they do not even speak the same language). As stated by Turton‚ 2005‚ the interaction between the tourists and Mursi can more be seen as a confrontation. Two completely different cultures are meeting each other with specific

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    The Ritual of “The Lottery” It is often said that there is strength in numbers. While it is true that a large group of people has more power than an individual‚ a single person within a large group will almost always conform in some way. This weakens the individual and leads to fewer new ideas in order to maintain group status and agreement. Many times‚ rituals or ideas are allowed and accepted just because they are favored by a majority or have been part of that society for so long that they

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    gut and into the bloodstream faster when their permeability closely matches that of body fluids such as blood. Sports drinks contain dissolved minerals (sodium‚ etc.) and carbohydrates‚ whereas water doesn’t‚ so water doesn’t reach the bloodstream as quickly. Sodium and other nutrients also play important roles in regulating fluid balance in the body. In other words‚ they help determine how much fluid enters into muscle fibers and other

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    Benedict is correct in saying that our culture is “but one entry in a long series of adjustments”. The implications are based on the tribe in northwest Melanesia. The fact that they are forced to think that everyone is trying to poison them because the majority of the tribe feels that way. They have been taught that if they don’t think the way the others do then they are not normal in their society. They wouldn’t even seem to have a care in the world if someone was attacked in front of them. All

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    in their day-to-day survival. This paper will focus on one such culture; the Mbuti Pygmy tribe. The Mbuti are a foraging society‚ and this type of society impacts many aspects of their culture. This paper will further identify and examine their cultural subsistence. The impact of their society type on kinship‚ social organization‚ political organization‚ economic organization‚ and their beliefs and rituals will be examined as well. A close look at their beliefs system will show how all aspects

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    Different Types of Body Modifications and why People do them. Throughout the world people are modifying their bodies. Various cultures have tattoo traditions dating as far back from 3000 BC in Asia‚ Africa and the Middle East. From the article “Pretty like a coloring book” by Vybz Kartel‚ he said “The teardrop [tattoo] on my face is in memory of my close friends who have died”. In ancient and modern history people participated in body modification for physical‚ sexual and cosmetic enhancements

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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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    ‘peaceful all people’ or better known as the Hopi tribe. Not all people called them that‚ the Spanish misunderstood the Hopi word mo`ki and thought that mo`ki was the tribe’s name. Moqui actually meaning death. The Hopi spoke a Shoshonean form of the Uto-Aztecan language family. The Hopi lived in now what is known as Arizona. The Hopi were first found in the summer of 1540. Marriage in the Hopi tribe was essential to the existence of the tribe. The Hopis couldn’t marry anyone from their own clan

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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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