After reading the article “Body Ritual among the Nacirema”‚ I can’t help but notice blatantly obvious similarities between our culture and theirs. Their rituals‚ rites‚ and customs are bizarre in nature and seem to illustrate a nearly obsessive fascination with the human body. The main focus of their culture appears to be shaming people based on their appearance and forcing them to conform to the societal norms. Upon further reading‚ I noted that while the Nacirema put a high value on the upkeep
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the four sources provided‚ the Mandan tribe was a very well-organized civilization. The Mandan tribe used the terrain to construct homes. The soil was used to grow crops. Hunters used animals as a source of nourishment. In their day-to-day lives‚ the women‚ men ‚and tribe had roles and responsibilities to fulfill. Men had families to feed‚ and the women had children to watch and homes to tend to.The members of the village had beliefs to uphold. The Mandan tribe was a very structured civilization‚ which
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This place is dominated by the tribe that the men who are taller only reach to 150 cm. This indigenous tribe is called “Yali Tribe” or in another name “Papua Pygmy Cannibals.” They are discovered around 1970s (Yali Tribe‚ n.d.). Many people believe they are the most dread cannibals in the western of new guinea. The reasons why people call Yali is the most brutal tribe is because Yalis always and completely eliminate their enemies. There is a rumor
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identified the Cherokee tribe as one of the most cultural and socially advanced of the Native American tribes. Cherokee is a powerful tribe from the Iroquoian family‚ located at the Southeastern side of the United States. Did you know that more than 819‚105 Americans claimed to have Cherokee ancestry in 2010. This tribe is still growing and is really known by the north-americans. Cherokee meaning “people of different speech” is a word derived from creek word. The Cherokee tribe have been consistently
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The Maasai tribe is located in East Africa and live in southern Kenya and northern Tanzania. They cover around 160‚000 square kilometers of land along the Great Rift Valley. They have a population of roughly a half million people (The Maasai People). The tribe is considered as pastoralists because their existence is dependent upon the care of domesticated animals (Scupin 176). They are a nomadic group and travel between seasonal grazing areas and watering points. During the wet seasons‚ they travel
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Katherine Hoffman EWP Bamana Tribe The Bamana people have many different types of art. As you can see they made masks and sculptures all for very many reasons. Sometimes they make it for ceremonies and sometimes they would create it for their religion. They are the Bamana and they make Bambara art. They are a part of the Mande tribes of West Africa which is why their art is similar to others. They commonly used metals for their art and work the metal to a finished product. The scale of their art
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hours. Horses also expanded the range of the tribe‚ They were now able to hunt buffalo annually throughout the planes. More food meant that the tribe could support more people‚ The population began to rise as the tribe expanded to cover more land. The horse allowed the tribes to access places never before possible to whom they traded with which had exposed the Nez Perce to many new cultures‚ They became more sophisticated by learning from local tribes. The Pacific Northwest provided for a perfect
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they needed. The Cheyenne tribe were considered equestrian foragers‚ concentrating on hunting large animals‚ primarily buffalo (O’Neil). They lived in the Great Plains in what is now South Dakota‚ Wyoming‚ Nebraska‚ Colorado‚ and Kansas (Englar 6). Today‚ the Cheyenne are split into two groups. The Northern Cheyenne live in Montana and the Southern Cheyenne live in Oklahoma. They consider themselves one people (Englar 6). As past equestrian foragers‚ the Cheyenne tribe had an interesting way of expressing
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Michael Toloknov Miwok Tribe The Miwok tribe was a Central Californian tribe. Miwoks had men leaders and women leaders‚ lived in small tribelets‚ and spoke Miwok language. Their food‚ clothes‚ and tools were different from that of others. The Miwoks had a very interesting life for all their different customs. The Miwok tribe ate many different foods. The two main foods were nuts which they made into mush‚ they also ate salmon which the Miwok smoke fried to preserve
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Chapter five of A Tribe Apart discusses ethics and how it’s not a popular topic with kids or teens. The comparison of people to animals really stuck out to Jonathan who thought this comment was small minded. These chapters made it clear with all the eye rolls that students didn’t care about ethics or how important being able to decipher between what is right and what is wrong. By being able to make ethical decisions you are able to make life livable and positive. By throwing out the question what
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