While in the process of doing a replication study of the Nacireman people‚ Anthropologist Lisa Hines stumbled upon an intriguing subculture within the tribe. The following are her observations; It seems that the people of Nacirema‚ in addition to their personal shrines in the home‚ have many other shrines they visit for different rituals and purposes. Besides the Holy-mouth-man and the Medicine man‚ there seems to be other subcultures of these two specialists. Naciremans also frequently gather
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The Hopi Tribe are a group of pueblo Indians‚ located in the northeastern Arizona. The Hopi are considered to be very wise by other Indian tribes because the Hopi have inhabited the same land for a millennium. Although the Hopi are a wise group of people with a beautiful way of life‚ the Hopi had to fight to remain near their original territory‚ and prospered on their current reservation. The Hopi are a very peaceful tribe who live in northeastern Arizona in the center of the NAVAJO lands. In the
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The Hutu Tribe The culture of the Hutu and Tutsi tribes of Rwanda‚ Africa interests me for many reasons. One reason is that they are so diverse from our American way of life. Another reason is that I have heard a little bit about them in the news and by talking to people. This sparked my interest and made me want to learn more about them. I will cover a wide variety of information in my report. This will include the land where they live‚ their way of life‚ their history and ancestry‚ and what
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The Quileute are a Native American people in western Washington state‚ in the United States‚ currently numbering approximately 2000. The Tribe is located in La Push on the shores of the Pacific Ocean. The Quileute Tribe has lived and hunted in this area for thousands of years. Although the village of La Push is only about one-square mile‚ the tribe’s original territory stretched along the shores of the Pacific from the glaciers of Mount Olympus to the rivers of rain forests. Like many Northwest
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The history of the Cheyenne Most people see Indians as mean‚ cruel‚ nasty people who speak a weird language but the Cheyenne are just the opposite. This tribe lived in the American Great Plains region in the state of Wyoming. Where the grass covered the prairies with some streams and rivers is where you would find the Cheyenne hunting and living their lives. Where they settled is were you would see children playing and their mothers building tepees and making clothes were as there fathers are hunting
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small‚ peaceful native American tribe. They were the first tribe in south Florida and they lived in Biscayne bay which is now present day Miami dade county and half of Broward county they also had some small island in the Miami keys. They built many villages at the mouth of the Miami River and along the coastal islands. The chief lived in the main village at the mouth of the Miami River. The Tequesta lived in Huts. like many other tribes in Florida the houses were built
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I. Introduction I choose the Mandaya tribe because it is one of the successful tribes in the Mindanao. The Mandaya is also "probably the greatest and best tribe in Eastern Mindanao". The Mandaya are also considered by the non-Christians as the oldest and most illustrious of the peoples." Indeed‚ Mandaya culture continues to amaze and interest many people as it becomes enduring and persevering generation after generation. The term Mandaya means "inhabitants of the uplands". Quite interestingly‚ areas
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Who is the people call Apache? The word "Apache" comes from the Yuma word for "fighting-men." It also comes from a Zuni word meaning "enemy." The Apaches are well known for their superior skills in warfare strategy. Wars continuous among other tribes and invaders from Spain (Apache 1). The Apache Indian was have six main tribal groups‚ use weapons to fight in war or battles‚ had different types of game to have fun‚ to discussion the social and economic patterns‚ and got more involved with
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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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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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