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    Tribes in India

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    India’s tribal village first to get rights over its forests [pic] 24 December 2009   A tribal village in western India has been granted the right to cultivate and manage its forest‚ as per the provisions of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest-Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act 2006. For over a decade the villagers have fought against the commercialisation of their land. As climate change negotiators try and figure out how to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest

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    Sydney Tribes

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    Tribes of the Sydney SACHA MOLITORISZ‚ The Sydney Morning Herald‚ January 7‚ 2010 The tribes‚ from left: The Emo‚ The SuperGeek‚ The Jock Dolly‚ The Gangsta‚ The Punk Lite‚ The Glamazon‚ The Hipster‚ and The Techno Boho. Photo: John Shakespeare A decade ago‚ Sacha Molitorisz described the subgroups of Sydney’s youth culture. So how have they changed? And what of the new breeds out there on the streets? Just occasionally‚ a young person will make the mistake of thinking that tribes‚ cliques

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    Krippendorf's Tribe

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    Reaction Paper on the "Krippendorf’s Tribe" 1. Approaches and Methods The quest of the Krippendorf’s family for a lost tribe in New Guinea demonstrates the participant observation method of research as James together with his wife Jennifer and their three children‚ tried living with the observed people‚ learning how they see things and experience things. Unfortunately‚ the family’s search fails despite their best efforts. After Jennifer’s death‚ James as a single father has been living off

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    Algonquin tribe

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    Algonquin lived in villages of small round buildings called wigwams. With tribes originally numbering in the hundreds The Algonquin were semi-nomadic hunter-gatherers‚ collecting food primarily from fishing and hunting. The Algonquin were first encountered by the French explorer Samuel de Champlain in 1603. "Algonquin" was the French name for the tribe. The French were probably trying to pronounce elehgumoqik‚ the Maliseet word for "our allies‚" or Algoomaking‚ a Mi’kmaq place name. The Algonquins

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    Zulu Tribe

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    Zulu Culture Cynthia Jones ANT 101 Intro to Cultural Anthropology Instructor Shaun Sullivan July 23 2012 The Zulu tribe of KwaZulu-Natal became historically important in the early 19th century by the founder Shaka of the Zulu nation. I will be discussing the history of who many consider the first king along with the variations of the beliefs and values of Zulu people. The kinship systems along with the rituals and healing processes that have been around for centuries will be detailed

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    The Abenaki Tribe

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    The Abenaki Tribe Many Native Americans Died in new england of a European diseases from 1500’s to 1600’s. After each hardship occurred several neighboring tribes decided to merge together‚ making their identities very indistinct‚ even within the indian oral history. However the Abenaki tribe‚ to avoid the reoccurring hardship moved to Canada‚ which in fact gave them their name the " Canadian Indians" but they are originally natives to New England. Although the Abenaki strategies to survival

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    The Choctaw Tribe

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    The Choctaw Tribe The Choctaw Indians were an important tribe‚ and the largest of the Muskogean tribes. The Choctaws have two stories about their origins in their traditional homeland in central Mississippi. One is that their ancestors came from west of the Mississippi River and settled in what is now the homeland. The other is that the tribe is descended from ancestors who were formed by a spirit from the damp earth of Nanih Waiyah‚ a large mound in northeastern Mississippi. Either way‚ the Choctaws

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    Nacirema Tribe

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    Over 50 years ago‚ Horace Miner published a study on the Nacirema Tribe. In the study he talked about their body rituals‚ and revealed to the world every strange ritual these people had. After reading this study‚ I decided to do one for myself. So I visited the Nacirema tribe. The things I observed still puzzles me. I noticed that everyday around the same time at daybreak‚ young Naciremas are awaken by an unusual noise coming from some sort of object. I have never in my life heard such an agitating

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    Yaqui Tribe

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    Journal Entry Yulanda Hamissi ETH 125 This is the story about the history of the Yaqui tribe from Mexico. I will give details on the history of our culture in Mexico and migration to the United States. In addition‚ I will include details on our annexation and colonization both in Mexico and The United States. Many changes have occurred in our history but none of these have changed the basics of our culture or beliefs. Originally‚ our people lived isolated in the valley of the Rio Yaqui in

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    The Bushmen Tribe.

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    The Bushmen tribe In this report I am going to look at The bushmen tribe. I am going to gather information on the tribe‚ and considerer the similarities and differences between their culture and the British culture with which I am familiar. I am going to organize my report according to the topics in Unit 1. The Bushmen Tribe is the oldest tribe to inhabit Southern Africa they are normally located around the Kalahari Desert and are believed to have occupied it for over 20‚000 years. We know

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