The Tlingit are a matrilineal society that occupy the Pacific Northwest Coast of the United States. Historically‚ the Tlingit developed in the mild and rainy coastal beach heads of southeast Alaska‚ near the present day capital of Juneau. This area is home to various types of berries‚ ranging from strawberries and cranberries to the more exotic salmonberry and soapberry. It is also home to various species of animals‚ including brown bears‚ several species of salmon‚ and other maritime creatures.
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The Teke live in Congo and Eastern Gabon. The French first occupied Congo in 1880. The French ruled here for 80 years. During this time‚ the people of the Congo faced an attack that is still evident today. The parceling out of African territories to the Colonial government and the resulting damage to traditional economies including massive loss of lives. Because of this‚ tribal life and food production systems got ruined. Only after the people of Congo got independence in 1960‚ the masking traditions
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Prior to Rwanda gaining independence from Belgium in 1962‚ the country experienced a constant battle of right between the Hutu and the Tutsi religious groups. The Tutsi‚ although being the minority making up only 15-percent of the population‚ enjoyed privileged lives. However‚ following the country’s independence‚ the country experienced three decades of Hutu rule‚ under which the Tutsi faced extreme discrimination and bursts of extermination. This continual struggle between groups‚ and the assassination
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questions stated in the previous paragraph. THE COUNTRY AND ITS PEOPLE The origins of the three main ethnic groups: Hutu‚ Tutsi‚ and Twa. Until now the origins of Rwanda’s three main ethnic groups’ remains clouded in mystery. The Twa Pigmies who continue to live in the North of the country and constitute only 1% of the population are believed to have been the first inhabitants. Hutu‚ mainly farmers‚ are the largest group
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Central Africa‚ with a population of just seven million people that is predominantly comprised of two main ethnic groups‚ the Hutu and the Tutsi. Although the Hutu account for 90% of the population‚ historically‚ under Belgian rule‚ the Tutsi minority was considered the aristocracy of Rwanda and dominated Hutu peasants for decades. Following independence from Belgium in 1962‚ the Hutu majority seized power and began to reverse the traditional roles‚ oppressing the Tutsi through systemic discrimination and
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religion‚ not to be confused with an “ethnic cleansing”‚ which is the purposeful removal of a specific group of people from a geographical area. An example of genocide is the Rwandan genocide in 1994. The Tutsi people were targeted and oppressed by the Hutu government after being blamed for their president being assassinated‚ and because of a political power struggle between the two ethnicities in Rwanda after gaining independence from discriminatory German and Belgian colonial rules. Genocide is able
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as well. Hotel Rwanda is set in Kigali when there was a chaos in 1994 between the two ethnic groups in Rwanda‚ Hutu and Tutsi. The story itself centers on Paul Rusesabagina (Don Cheadle)‚ a manager of an extravagant Des Mille Collines hotel in Kigali. The problem between the two ethnic groups arises when the Hutu extremists set out a plan to eradicate all the Tutsis in Kigali. The Hutu extremists even propagate the message that all Tutsis are worth nothing and calling them “cockroaches” through a
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of 1994. Paul Ruseabagina was a hotel manager at the Hotel Des Mille Collines when these atrocities began. He managed to house over a thousand Tutsi refugees during the war that was led by the Hutu militia. This war started on April 4‚ 1994‚ one day after Tutsi rebels shot down the airplane of Rwanda’s Hutu president‚ Juvenal Habyarimana. The war lasted until July 15th of that year; nearly a million Tutsi men‚ women‚ and children were slaughtered. The movie was written by Terry George and Keir Pearson
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both were ignited due to past tensions between two separate ethnicities. The Rwandan and Bosnian Genocides were similar in the fact that both were supported by the ruling force at the time. The Rwandan Genocide‚ was organized by the newly created Hutu government‚ while the Bosnian Genocide‚ was executed by the Bosnian Serb Army with support from the Yugoslav Army. In Rwanda‚ the government was formerly controlled by the minor (10%) Tutsi. The Tutsi were given this elevated position by the colonizing
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rivaling peoples‚ the Hutu which account for the majority of the population‚ and the Tutsi. The civil war began because of the hatred the Hutu felt towards the Tutsi who used the rule over them. The film is seen through the eyes of Paul Rusesabagina‚ who is manager at the Sabena Hotel. Paul is seen as a traitor by the people of his Hutu culture for marrying a Tutsi. At the beginning of the movie‚ Paul shows his love for his neighbors and family by buying their freedom from the Hutu militia when they
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