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    with us. Her name is Sacagawea. A member of the tribe tells us that we need horses for crossing the Appalachian Mountains or as they call it the shiny mountains. Fortunately‚ the tribe that will give us the horses we need is related to our guide‚ Sacagawea. This tribe is called the Shoshone. Journal Entry 278 The winter is finally over and we are able to begin our journey to cross the Appalachian Mountains. First‚ we have to make it to the Shoshone tribe to negotiate getting horses Journal Entry 313

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    Bog bodies‚ also known as bog people‚ are preserved human bodies found in sphagnum bogs in Northern Europe‚ Great Britain and Ireland. Unlike most ancient human remains‚ bog bodies have retained their skin and internal organs due to the unusual conditions of the surrounding area. These conditions include highly acidic water‚ cold temperature‚ and a lack of oxygen‚ combining to preserve but severely tan their skin. Although their skin is preserved‚ their bones are generally not‚ as the acid in

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    Importance of Magic and Rituals as Inspiration in Art "Many secrets of art and nature are thought by the unlearned to be magical." (Roger Bacon) Prehistoric art can be several things‚ from little stone figurines to paintings on the walls of caves. The term “prehistoric” actually tells us that the culture that produced the artwork didn’t have a written language. Prehistoric artwork can be found all over the world. A lot of artists and historians believe that at the core of each action to

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    Tribes of the Sydney Related Text Analysis “Tribes of the Sydney” is a feature article from the newspaper Sydney Morning Herald and is written by Sacha Molitorisz. This text was written in January 2010 and speaks about the changes in Sydney’s youth culture and emphasises on the different type of teenage groups that are around Sydney and reasons why youths do have groups. This text’s main theme is about belonging and how youths in Sydney feel the need to belong in a group. Molitorisz cleverly writes

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    The creation story of the Cree Tribe shows us their belief about how all the animals and humans were created‚ and also how humans are guided to the right thing. Most beliefs and themes of creation myths can be found as the same from multiple religions and faiths. A common theme in creation stories of different cultures is the presence of a supreme being. This supreme being is present in this creation story as the creator. The creator made the earth and all that was in it. The creator existed before

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    understand the specific beliefs of a culture and to respect their culture when giving them care. This paper discusses the specific customs of Chinese culture in regards to pregnancy with specific information on prenatal‚ labor and delivery‚ and postpartum rituals. Many of the beliefs Chinese people have are based off Yin and Yang. In this belief “Yin is negative‚ dark‚ and feminine and Yang is positive‚ bright‚ and masculine. Their interaction is thought to maintain the harmony of the universe and to influence

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    I chose to do the Yanomamo‚ they are small tribes with about 40 to 350 people to a tribe. There shelters are built with logs and poles which are dug deep into the ground which helps their place when it goes under attack. There beds are hammocks‚ placed on top of each other. They live in tropical forests in Brazil‚ they are very aggressive‚ when they first start off they try and handle the situation by communicating trying to resolve it‚ if that does not work then they got to “chest pounding duels”

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    drag out packs and other items unrecognizable to myself. Their clothing‚ is drastically dissimilar to the attire the tribe wears‚ along with the items they take out of the boats. I find myself curious to see what differs from our culture to theirs‚ but I’m hesitant and a bit distrustful of these new settlers. Up until that moment‚ the existence of my tribe and other neighboring tribes had been all any of us had known. While we had a mutual understanding with many of them‚ we also had disagreements

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    Bog Bodies Explain what the archaeological and scientific examinations reveal about the life and death of bog bodies Bog bodies are persevered bodies that have been found in the bogs of northern Europe. Bog bodies are well preserved bodies from thousands of years ago‚ and their conditions are well preserved to leave skin tissue‚ hair‚ bones‚ etc and even leave evidence on how their lifestyles where back then. Such as finding what there last meal was from the stomach tissue and how their last meal

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    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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