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The Gebusi: A Study in Conversion and Syncretism

had the benefit of being conducted over a broad expanse of time, with Knaufts first visit to the tribe occurring in 1981, followed...

Stone Age Subsistence v Contemporary Threats to the Amazon

The Nukuk-Maktu tribe of the Colombian Amazon is one of the last remaining hunter-gathering societies that still observe their tra...

The Influence of Music on Trahce in African Tradition Religions

The writer presents an examination of the role music plays in trance. The paper looks at both shamanic and possession trance, the ...

Ishi, the Last of his Tribe

This paper pertains to Ishi, the last member of the Yahi tribe, who journeyed out of the wild where he had lived alone for 35 year...

Econ/Anthropology Questions

This paper pertains to various topics, such as hunting/gathering tribes, Marxism v. Capitalism and multi-national corporations in ...

Viejas and Morongo Tribal Cultural and Economic Transformations

a demand for their services. The Native Americans that own these casinos and work in them benefit economically and socially as th...

Beliefs of Hopi and Iroquois Native Americans

to stand in the way of colonial development for some time. In short, they were quite united and yet separate and as such are consi...

Political Background of Somaliland

1960, on the 1st of July the same year they joined Somalia, a former Italian colony to create the Somali Republic. The cultures an...

Mission Work/Kenya's Digo Tribe

behooves any missionary traveling to Kenya to be aware of that countrys recent history and political climate. The CIA World Factbo...

Kikuyu Indigenous Tribe of Kenya

In eight pages this paper discusses the people and characteristics of the Kikuyu, a group that comprises the largest tribe indigen...

Venezuela's Indigenous Cultures

In five pages this paper discusses the Pemon and Yamamao indigenous tribes that inhabit the rain forests of Venezuela in a conside...

Venezuela and the Pemon and Yamamao Indigenous Tribes

In seven pages the Venezuelan rain forest inhabitants the Pemon and Yamamao indigenous tribes are discussed in an examination of t...

The Olinkan Tribe and Female Circumcision

Tashi first came into the clinic, she could barely walk due to complications from her circumcision. A pelvic examination revealed...

Malcolm Todd's The Early Germans

In 5 pages this paper examines the tribes of Germany and their post Roman Empire collapse importance as considered by Malcolm Todd...

Gender in Beowulf

readers know that despite her monstrousness, Grendels mother is considered to be human (Porter). When Grendel enters the mead-ha...

Substance and Symbolism of the African Mask

reminiscent of African culture as a whole is to miss the point of the masks intent. There are a variety of masks and they are mean...

Historical Changes in the English Language

our purposes, its important to note that "... the Latin tongue did not replace Brittonic as the language of the general population...

Ethical Research Issues and Ojibwa Tribal Life

questions that will be addressed in the scope of this study: * What are the social impacts of the Native American monopoly on cas...

Native American Algonquin Tribe

variety of dialects (1999). Algonquian-speaking peoples have dominated most of the northeastern North America (1999). Also confus...

Japanese Lost Tribes?

that appears to illustrate the story of Isaac, which is recorded in the book of Genesis in both Jewish and Christian scripture. Th...

Shintoism and the Lost Tribes of Israel

and their Roman conquers. This, again, led to another great scattering of the Jewish people (Jones, 1996). Although there has been...

Canadian Environmental Conservation and Aboriginal Involvement

from the mountain. Since that time FOCS have taken a variety of initiatives to try and inform the public as to the environmental i...

History and Fate of the Great Basin's Anasazi

between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada ... The landscape is more than half empty" (Christensen, 2003). Technically, however, t...

Hopi Indians and Kachina Ceremonies

In five pages this research paper considers the American Southwest's Hopi tribe and the belief significance of kachinas ceremonies...

E.C. Deloria's Waterlily Analyzed

Dakota Sioux during the 19th century is as different a life from our current society as one could imagine. And yet, Deloria has t...

Degrading the Environment: Kung San

environment throughout the past decades is sure to spell grave disaster in the twenty-first century. "More and more problems need...

Theoretical Approaches to Nationalism

involved in group Isaacs neo-Freudian approach postulates a link between the individual and the group that forms the basis for t...

Religious Views of Hopi and Navajo Tribes

In seven pages this research paper examines the religious views of these tribes and the artistic impact as seen in the Hopi kachin...

Analysis of 1976 Documentary The Kawelka Ongka's Big Moka

In two pages this documentary on the Papua, New Guinea tribe known as the Kawelka is discussed in terms of what an uncivilized cul...