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    A Tribe Apart

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    A Tribe Apart To believe that no one in this world understands what you are going through on any given day. To feel that you are the only person out of the almost seven billion people that populate this universe who can experience the feelings of desire‚ hurt‚ pain‚ happiness‚ sadness‚ confusion‚ emptiness and joy. Sometimes all at the same time can these feelings be amongst you. This is how‚ in my own words that I would define the meaning of Personal Fable. To be the center of attention

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    Geechee Tribe

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    African American and my ancestry derives from the Geechee Tribe. This tribe is from West Africa. My ancestors were brought to America as slaves with the Atlantic slave trade. The other Afrikaners immigrated to America. Yes‚ my group did face prejudice and racism. I say this because of the language my people spoke and their facial features. Other black people did not want to be associated with them because they were considered a poor tribe with lazy speech. Not only did my people face these

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    The Color Purple

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    The Color Purple Alice Walker has a wonderful deception of many of the issues in the early 1900s. The book was an inspiration to a many who are in support of feminism‚ anti-racism and basic human rights. It goes beyond that‚ The Color Purple represents the bond between two sisters‚ the unbreakable bond‚ who prove to be stronger than any discrimination and greater than any distance. “I’m big… By the time I git back from the well‚ the water be warm. By the time I git the tray ready the food be cold

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    The Mbuti Tribe

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    Ashley Jones ANT 101: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology March 04‚ 2012 Introduction The way of life in a distant African rainforest where harsh climate and availability of resources were common‚ the Mbuti tribe were foraging society that hunt and gather and live in a band of 10-50 people. Their environment influenced their modes of subsistence‚ cultural aspects and lifestyle in a deep-seated system. A culture normally describes a method of concepts‚ outlook‚

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    Khasi Tribe

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    Khasi tribe is mainly found in the sate of Assam and the Khasi Jaintia hills in Meghalaya and in the states of Punjab‚ Uttar Pradesh‚ Manipur‚ West Bengal and Jammu and Kashmir.Earlier the Khasis had their own kingdom‚ until the Britishers exercised control over them. The word Khasi find mention in the Shankradeva’s ’Baghavata Purana’‚ an Indo Aryan literature. The Khasi are an endogamous tribe who are divided into exogamous clans which are again subdivided into exogamous matrilocal families

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    Beothuk Tribe

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    Native American Project Info Native American Tribe: Beothuk European Name: Red Indians Definitions: no known meaning‚ suggestions: “the people”‚ “good people”‚ “kinship” Origins: uncertain‚ some people believe the language of the Beothuk is a branch off of Algonquian (Native American language) Housing: ✓ lived in wigwams‚ wigwams are called mamateeks in the Beothuk’s language ✓ wooden houses covered in birch bark ✓ constructed by placing poles in a circular shape‚ tying them

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    Purple Love

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    the Promises And Plans Vanished Out. No Doubt Everything Gave Us A Very Hard Experience. That’s The Teacher TIME. A Word Of Love Still Complains The Beauty Which Was Betrayed Badly Within My Heart. wanna read it completely‚ read my column "PURPLE

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    Wa Tribe

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    In the entire world‚ Myanmar is second only to China in biodiversity (Explore Myanmar). Within the country there are approximately 60 different ethnic groups that speak over one hundred languages‚ including the Wa tribe. “Wa” (pronounced Va in English) refers to a mountainous tribe of about one million people who live in the southern part of the Nu Shan Mountains‚ which run along the border of Myanmar and China. The Wa refer to themselves‚ “Va‚” “Pa rauk‚” and “A va‚” which all mean “a people

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    The Wichita Tribe

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    The group I’m researching is the Wichita tribe that were part of the Plain Indians. The Wichita Indians originated in southern Oklahoma and northern Texas‚ but after the Europeans arrived to America‚ this forced them to move further north into Kansas‚ where the city of Wichita is named after them. However nowadays you can find the few Wichita people left living in Oklahoma. Now let’s talk a little more about their way of life The Wichita children were just like normal children. They play with each

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    The Color Purple

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    “You better not never tell nobody but God. It’d kill your mammy‚” Celie is told by her Pa. So that’s what she does in The Color Purple‚ she writes to God‚ in letters. She does this‚ not only because of the command‚ but also because she is unsure of how to deal with being the subject of rape and abuse. She doesn’t clearly know how to express herself‚ and her letters to God is the only thing that would listen to her anyway. As Celie grows older‚ she gains outside listeners that help her actualize God

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