Ethnography Research 10/10/2014 Iroquois Indians The book I used for some of my ethnographic research was the League of the Iroquois by Lewis H. Morgan. The Iroquois were people of the longhouse. Longhouses are long and narrow bark covered homes‚ which contained one large extended family. Within the Iroquois tribe there were five sub clans that made up the Iroquois League which were the Cayuga‚ Mohawk‚ Oneida‚ Onondaga‚ and Seneca. These sub clans made up the Iroquois League or league of peace and
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Assignment The Iroquois: People of the Longhouse Prepared for: Victor Gulewitsch TA: Cecibel Rodriguez ANTH*1150*02 Prepared By: Ellen Griffin Student ID: 0726506 Date: March 17‚ 2011 The Iroquois: People of the Longhouse Introduction The Iroquois are considered a branch of North American Indians‚ also known as Haudenosaunee or the “People of the Longhouse”. The Iroquois have greatly contributed to society through initiating the Iroquois confederacy also called the Iroquois League formed in
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The Iroquois Nation was made up of five nations‚ all of whom believed that the Earth began with “one of the Ancient Ones.” The creation story continues to explain the existence of land‚ humans‚ and food. The Iroquois were a deeply spiritual people‚ and this spurned Mourning Wars. Their spirituality supported their belief that any member of their tribe that died a violent death‚ such as a warrior‚ could not be buried with their family‚ as their spirit was destined to wander the Earth in search of
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Anthro 308/ Case Study #3/ Matrilineality and Kinship To the Trobrianders of Papua New Guinea‚ children are amongst the most important part of their lives. A child’s link is the key to creating a relationship linked by marriages between their mothers and fathers’ matrilineages. The strength in these lasting relationships is tied to their own future. The Trobrianders believe in spirit impregnation‚ this is why a matrilineage is so important. The father of the child is a Pater‚ not a genitor because
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therefore they still represent the family and are included in all family activities. Sometimes it is good to have fictive kin members because they can help solve family arguments by seeing the views from a semi-etic perspective. With the six different kinship systems‚ my family closely represents the Eskimo system. My family represents the Eskimo system of living because we are a close working family. In an Eskimo or Inuit system both the father side and the mother side have equal importance. In my family
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Iroquois Clan ANT 101 December 5‚ 2011 There are many different cultures‚ each having their own values‚ and rules. The Iroquois are an association of several tribes‚ of indigenous people of North America. The Iroquois have many different ways about their way of living such as rules involving marriage. What contributes to the way an Iroquois react and think? Is it kinship‚ religion‚ and beliefs‚ or is it something else? The Iroquois have a very well-known culture. Iroquois are indigenous
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Aboriginal Kinship Systems ANT 101: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Aboriginal Kinship Systems Kinship is one of the main principles of a foraging culture’s social organization. The way they interact with each other relies on the relationship they have together. If one member wanted to marry another member of the society‚ they would not behave in the same manner as they would with a blood relative such as a mother or father.
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SystemIdentify and describe the kinship system of one of the cultures listed below. These cultures are found in Chapters 3 and 4 of your text. Code to work APH 6Q4YWJP8 Briefly describe the culture: Iroquois (Ho-De-No-Sau-Nee) 1. Between 200 and 500 million people still cultivate using horticultural methods (The Encyclopedia of Earth‚ 2006). In this chapter‚ we discuss 2. the following food-producing cultures: Iroquois‚ Yanomamö‚ Btsisi’‚ and Enga. 3. Among the Iroquois (Ho-De-No-Sau-Nee) of
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Kinships in the Yanomamo Ashley Jones ANT 101 Adrienne Stafford May 21‚ 2012 A kinship system is a system of social relationships that constitute kinship in a particular culture. Among many cultures kinship is greatly valued among the Yanomamo society. Their way of life centers around these kinships. Their kinships impact the way they think and how they live their lives. While in today’s society our families also known as our kin “kinships” are typically blood related or through marriage
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and the Iroquois The Cree and the Iroquois have a lot in common. Both the Cree and the Iroquois have gone through the routine Native American problems of self-determination and land controls‚ yet the Cree‚ possibly because of their sheer numbers‚ have weathered these problems much better. The Cree language is one of the few North American languages likely to survive into the next century‚ while the Iroquois Indians have been much more assimilated into the American world. The Iroquois Indians
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