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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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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The Indigenous Tribes of the Rainforest – The Nukak Tribe The Nukak Tribe is found in between the Guaviare and Inirida River in the Amazon basin. It is part of the Guaviare department‚ in the Republic of Colombia. Unlike any other tribe‚ the Nukak population is facing a severe threat to extinction. Their current numbers only lies around 400. Over half of their population were found dead or killed since they met in the Columbian civil war between the Columbian soldiers and gorillas. The out-side
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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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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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My tribe is interesting in that they treated war differently than European countries did. The Crow Tribe along with other Plains Tribes (category of tribes that mine is in) didn’t fight necessarily over territory but more for reputation and courage. The Plains Indians also rarely fought to the death or destroyed each other’s villages. Instead‚ their war customs were mostly just injuring their opponent in battle but without harming him‚ stealing an enemy’s weapon or horse‚ or forcing the other tribe’s
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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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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 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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