Willard Lomakema Commemorative speech outline 06/26/2013 Ceremonies of the Hopi Specific Purpose: My specific purpose is to inform my audience the different ceremonies of the Hopi people and its significance. Central Idea: Today I would like to inform you about ceremonies that go on during the year on my reservation. PERSONAL INTRODUCTION: Hello‚ my name is Willard Lomakema; I am from the village of Mishongnovi in second mesa Arizona. INTRODUCTION I. (Attention Getter) how many of you have
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they are far superior to the Natives they encounter‚ as the Natives appear to be “heathens.” A heathen is‚ to put it simply‚ a person who is not a Christian. “They generally regarded the Indians’ beliefs as dictated by the devil and considered their shamans to be witches‚ possessed of an evil power to inflict harm on other Indians but not on European Christians.” Therefore‚ the notion of the Native People being heathens‚ leads the European conquistadors to consider them on the lower rung of this Great
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as if dead. The other fishermen were saddened by this‚ as he was a great friend of theirs. They suspected that while physically he was on the beach‚ his soul might have been enticed to wander into the another world. And so they summoned a bomoh (shaman) to bring their friend back. The bomoh prepared
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Nicotine has been used since the 1800s for cultural activities and therapeutic effects. The American Indians used tobacco with nicotine as a powerful insecticide for seed protection and as a human vermifuge. The Shamans used high doses of nicotine to induce catatonic state intoxication which represented symbolic death. Due to the short half-life and quick elimination of nicotine‚ these people returned to full consciousness after a few hours. Nicotine is currently being tested for its medical therapeutic
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What is ‘disease’? Definition The term disease is the condition of the living‚ which leads to a disorder of the mind or body‚ which therefore destroys good health. (S-Cool A-Level). Biology online states that disease is a ‘pathologic condition in which the normal functioning of an organism or body is impaired or disrupted‚ resulting in extreme pain‚ dysfunction‚ distress or death.’ (Biology Online) Disease throughout History Over the years‚ there has ‘been a gradual decline in mortality from all
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By 1500‚ the people of Spain and Portugal were using ships and guns to venture into the Atlantic to enhance oversea colonization. They were set to claim new territories and spread the Roman Catholic Faith. They did this at the expense of millions of native people especially women in Africa‚ the East Atlantic and then through America and beyond. Other Europeans followed‚ but the silver of Spanish America grew to become the world’s money. Mostly‚ African women were affected by slave trading that continued
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will cover the history of Polynesian tattoos and the events going on in the world at that time. On the basis of mythology‚ humans learned the art of tattooing from the 2 sons of the God of Creation Ta’aroa. Tattooing was operated by high trained shamans (tahua) in the religious ceremony‚ who was an expert in the meanings of the tattoo and skills of the art (www.apolynesiantattoo.com‚ 2014). The origin of the Samoan tatau is believed to have been introduced to the Samoa islands by two Fiji women
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The San Kinship System of the San Culture The San is foragers who reside in the Kalahari Desert in Africa. The San people have survived and flourished here for thousands of years. In a foraging culture the people live in mobile groups called Bands (Nowak & Laird‚ 2010). Typically‚ they move every few weeks to location were food and water is thriving. In foraging cultures continuous movement and the sharing of food and water are part of what builds kinship ties. These kinship ties build a greater
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language as a functional tool; that is‚ as an instrument which facilitates the fulfilment of communicative and cognitive functioning at all societal and individual levels. For instance‚ the linguistic and nonlinguistic discourse of an elder or “Shaman” take form and is valued by the community as a healing ceremony. But the concept of valorization gains important value at the time of analyzing the way two languages come into usage; because usually and depending on the situation one is highly
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"What They Have That We Lack A tribute to the Native Americans" via Joseph Epes Brown is an article written by Huston Smith. The main idea of his work is presenting three virtues significant for every Native American. In Smith’s opinion‚ each Native American have those virtues: however‚ it is harder to find them in today society. He believes that civilization lost them what can bring them suffering. Knowing what importance is the first virtue. According to Smith‚ in the past civilization people
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