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    ensure protection of the land resource of individuals‚ communities and habitations of Scheduled Tribes in Scheduled Areas. Alienation of land of a Scheduled Tribe would mean dispossession of land by any means to any one‚ whether a tribe or a non-tribe. The objective of this provision is to ensure protection of rights to land of every tribal persons as indicated by the usage of the term ‘a Scheduled Tribe’. Both the Gram Sabha and Panchayats at appropriate level is bestowed the power to prevent land

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    Coming of age in the Igbo Tribe Coming of age ceremonies are held when a child or youth is considered an adult. The age at which the ceremony is done varies on their culture‚ country‚ religion‚ family etc. Even though coming of age rituals are celebrated different they all have the same meaning‚ showing how they have grown and mature. The Ahia Ebe is a ceremonial tradition practiced by the second largest tribe in Nigeria‚ the Igbo tribe‚ which marks when a young person becomes an adult (coming

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    the Indians. They wanted them to be part of their society so they tried to Christianize them‚ civilize them‚ gave them the chance to attain literacy. Some Tribes resisted and some followed‚ especially the "Five Civilized Tribes"-which included the Seminoles‚ Cherokee‚ Creeks‚ Choctaw‚ and the Chickasaw. The Native Americans related to these tribes went to school‚ learned about agriculture‚ owned private property‚ and even owned black slaves. They became very open to the idea of joining the

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    California Shoshone are a Native American tribe that lived in central California‚ along the eastern border‚ at the base of the Sierra Nevadas. Their location dictated their lifestyle. Their houses were made in a cone shape using slabs of bark or brush. They also had sweathouses that they used to keep their skin clean. The main foods of the California Shoshone were pine nuts. They occasionally hunted buffalo‚ but relied more on salmon fishing‚ deer‚ and small game. as well as roots gathered by

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    cultures can define an entire race of people‚ or define a single village. These cultures can also define where a community will live‚ and what methods are used 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

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    enemies of commanders before war began in order to they prove their intelligent against his rival centuries ago. Although chess did not become widespread among Turkish tribes in the past because of some religious and traditional reasons‚ finally it gained its reputation in most of school nowadays. It is well known fact that Turkish tribes are famous with epic warriors in according to varied source of history books. Chess is also epic game‚ with the chessboard resembles a battlefield and two sets of

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    Since we don’t actually know how Indian tribes‚ over 500 to 600 of them‚ got to California there have been three theories made. The most well- known‚ the Bering Strait theory‚ informed us that the tribes might have descended from northern Asia and migrated‚ crossing over a land bridge‚ from Siberia to Alaska. Another theory is the Multiple Migration theory‚ which told us that the Indians migrated from many places in different ways to arrive in California. In addition to these two theories there is

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    fact‚ one of the tribes to have gone to war with English colonist was the Pequot tribe. Located in Connecticut‚ the Pequot tribe would trade frequently with the Dutch and the English. The tribe would trade items like furs and wampum for European treasures. However‚ the English would fight the Dutch over trade. Subsequently the Pequot tribe became the English colonists rival‚ causing a war to outbreak. Due to war between the English‚ the tribe was divided into two different tribes. Luckily both separate

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    written by Benjamin Madley on the California Yuki Indians‚ he talks about how a mass population of the Yuki Indians in 1854 and was rapidly banished due to a war by the Missourians. Madley further emphasise on how the declined population of the Yuki tribe was so destructive. And how a vast majority on California’s natives were soon disappearing as he refers the article to “Defining Genocide in American History”. He uses many detailed examples to further argue his article. By using pictures and graphs

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    The Mandan tribe was a Native American group that lived in what is present day North Dakota for hundreds of years before its culmination in the late 1800s. They were very unique and had minimal technologies or or formal civilizations‚ forcing them to live off the land. The practices of the Mandan tribe were different to those of any other peoples‚ either today or centuries ago. The Mandans’ way of life‚ religion‚ and culture greatly contrast other people and tribes from both when they existed and

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