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    Describe the traditional way of life of the Sanema tribe and discuss modern threats to it. The Sanema are a sub-cultural tribe. They are one which branch off from the larger group and category of the Yanomamo Indians. The location of this particular tribe is in the rainforests of northern Brazil and Southern Venezuela. Subsistence is the action or fact of maintaining or supporting oneself at a minimum level‚ or even simply‚ the means of doing this. There are many modes of Subsistence; these

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    Indigenous peoples of America‚ including the Sioux tribe‚ have suffered continuously because of the settlers and eventually their government. The Sioux tribe is recently taking a stand by protesting the plan for the construction of an oil pipeline in North Dakota that could seriously jeopardize the water supply of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. This pipeline also would cross through sacred ancestral lands of the Sioux tribe. Leaders of the Sioux tribe explain that they did not properly communicate

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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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    Anasazi tribe would be suitable for you. The Anasazi tribe is located in the region of the Four Corners. Agriculture and the surplus of turquoise are sustainable to meet the needs of the people. The Anasazi tribe would be a satisfactory place to live due to the fair social structure for both sexes‚ agricultural system‚ gorgeous and safe architecture‚ surplus of turquoise‚ and trading routes. The Anasazi tribe’s social structure is more equally fair to both men and women than other tribes. They are

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    2. This tribe of people are unique a very interesting. In viewing several videos about these people and reading up on them‚ and how they live is truly astonishing and intriguing to me. The Yanomami tribe are an indigenous group of people‚ set in their own world and beliefs. I would like to talk about their way of life and how they are still living in primitive

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    power‚ and in the Lakota tribe it meant being the Chief. Back then‚ politics weren’t taken nearly as serious as they are now‚ however‚ the political system (if that’s what you’d like to call it) for Native Americans was a lot a monarchy‚ since the chief position was passed down through the bloodlines‚ barring any unfortunate circumstance happened. The Lakota tribe was one of three tribes of the Sioux people; with the tribe itself broken into seven bands. Men and women of the tribe were to adhere strictly

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    March 14‚ 2011 Basseri of Iran 1. The Basseri tribe is pastoralist’s nomads that migrate through steep mountains with animals of South‚ East and North Shiraz in Fars‚ South Persia. The Basseri kinship is very banned together through migration and social organization are very important to the tribe. Sickness and healing is important for the nomadic movement. A. Although‚ the Basseri tribe of Iran are nomadic pastoralists the Basseri tribe travels on a set schedule through agriculture and

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    The Hopi Tribe of the American Southwest By Tim Gola Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Professor Holly Ricker February 22‚ 2010 The Hopi Indians are a Native American tribe from the American southwest and now reside on a 1.5 million acre Hopi reservation in northern Arizona. The Hopi or the "Hopituh Shi-nu-mu" meaning "The Peaceful People" or the "Peaceful Little Ones” are very peaceful and spiritual tribe whose reservation lies somewhat

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