beliefs and expectations for the culture. A story that will be told for all generations. It may never be known which story is the true one. One of the more interesting comparisons in cultures is that of the Native Americans and the Puritans. The Iroquois‚ a Native American tribe‚ believe that the world was not actually created but that it already existed. There was a sky world and an ocean that laid below. The sky world was full of sky people‚ and among the sky people was a pregnant woman and her
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Compare and contrast the various descent groups and their functions. A descent group is defined as‚ “A social group identified by a person in order to trace actual or supposed kinship relationships.”1 There are multiple different descent groups and sub groups within them. A lineage is a descent group where anyone can track themselves back through blood or marriage. All the information of who is related to who is known through a lineage.2 There is one kind of descent group for either males and females
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The Women of the Native American Iroquois tribes have enjoyed a much more active role in politics than that of their European counterparts. In fact‚ they had a form of equality that was unheard of in European society in the late 1700s‚ where women were normally considered inferior to men. In almost every instance‚ the wife was expected to be subordinate to the husband whose authority was absolute over her. They were thought to be weak; and expected to be subservient to their husband in all things
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ANTHROPOLOGY---CHAPTER 11 HAND-OUTS ON : “MARITAL RESIDENCE AND STRUCTURE OF KINSHIP “ In this chapter‚ we studied the marital residence explains the newly married couple usually establishes a place of residence apart from parents or relatives( neolocal residence). But about 95% of the world’s societies have some pattern of residence whereby the new couple settles within‚ or very close to‚ the household of the parents or some other close relative of the groom or bride. Neolocal (new-place) residence
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Genesis vs. Iroquois Creation Myth All different cultures have their own creation stories‚ mostly all containing the elements of a Higher Power of some sort‚ how the power created the world‚ and the creation a human man. The Christian belief in the Genesis story has these key elements ‚ as does the Iroquois creation myth‚ The World on the Turtle’s Back. Although these two creation stories share similarities‚ they also have some stark contrasts. These contrasts include‚ how the two cultures of
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Different Locations‚ Similar Creations The Iroquois creation story “The World on the Turtle’s Back”‚ is one of the earliest pieces of American literature. Interestingly‚ the Iroquois kept this story alive with storytelling‚ while Genesis was written down and recorded to be remembered just as long as the Iroquois story. Although the creation stories each have unique features‚ they both have interesting and unexpected similarities. The Iroquois’ story of creation uniquely features morals that are
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Kinship Care: Not a Good Choice of Child Welfare System According to Cromer (2007)‚ kinship placement is the recent alternative of a child welfare system. The recent project conducted in Washington shows that the number of children in kinship placement has nearly doubled. Kinship placement may be proven beneficial to children (Cromer 2007). However‚ there are also loopholes in implementing this kind of living arrangement. As such‚ this paper aims to discuss the negative impacts of kinship care
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An essay on The Chieftest Mourner by Aida Rivera-Ford The short story focuses on Filipino conventions during the wake of loved ones. It’s also a twist of Filipino stereotypes regarding social conventions such as the ‘kabit’ or the second wife/mistress‚ as compared to the first wife. The story is narrated in a somewhat unbiased‚ childlike tone but it’s actually flavored with insight and implicit descriptions that shows the protagonist’s maturity. There is a good balance of insight‚ as if to give
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Migration When the Light of Home is Abroad: Unskilled Female Migration and the Filipino Family * The article focuses on the Filipino female population migrating to Singapore and the difficulties they face while in their host country. Through interviews and extensive research the authors explore the relationships between Filipino migrant women and their families. The authors state‚ “Specifically‚ we explore how migrant women and their family members define and negotiate family ideals
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"India’s gift to World" Swami Vivekananda‚ the Hindoo monk‚ delivered a lecture Monday night under the auspices of the Brooklyn Ethical Association before a fairly large audience at the hall of the Long Island Historical Society‚ corner Pierrepont and Clinton streets. His subject was "India’s Gift to the World". He spoke of the wondrous beauties of his native land‚ "where stood the earliest cradle of ethics‚ arts‚ sciences‚ and literature‚ and the integrity of whose sons and the virtue
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