By: Casey Garcia The Kipsigis Tribe The Kipsigis are a tribe of the most southern and populous people living in Kenya‚ east of Lake Victoria. They inhabit the highlands of Kericho from Timboroa to Mara River in the south‚ the west from Mau Escarpment to Kebeneti. The Kipsigis also live in parts of Laikipia‚ Kitale‚ Nakuru‚ Narok‚ Trans Mara District‚ Eldoret and Nandi Hills. The Kipsigis speak Kipsigis as a mother tongue. It belongs to the Nilo-Saharan family‚ with dialects of the language most
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Annihilation of Caste: One More Look by Dr. L. Jawahar Nesan Contents 1. Prologue 2. The evolution of the caste system and its current status 3. Annihilation of caste: the old thesis 3. Annihilation of caste: the New theory 4. Who should lead the revolution? 5. Post-revolution integration Prologue I am neither a sociologist nor an anthropologist but a student of the human society and for being that I leave the choice to the readers that they can assign me under any terminological category
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The Iroquois of the Eastern Woodland Region The Iroquois are a group of five Native Americans Tribe’s from the Eastern Woodland region. These tribes are among the most powerful in the region‚ they live close together and speak close to the same language. The tribes of the Iroquois Nation include the “Seneca‚ Cayuga‚ Onondaga‚ Oneida‚ and Mohawk” (Boehm‚ 2000‚ p. 93). The Eastern Woodland Region was east of The Plains Indians and extended from New England and Maryland to the great lakes area into
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BLACKFOOT TRIBE The Blackfoot People are one of the many Native American Indian tribes that roamed America in the early 1700s. Like many tribes they were nomadic hunters that lived in the Great Plains of Montana and the Canadian provinces of Alberta. The name is said to have come from the colour of the peoples shoes that were made of leather. They had typically dyed or painted the soles of their shoes black. SOCIETY: The society is hierarchical within the Blackfoot Nation; there were different
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After reading the article‚ I conclude the author is trying to teach or inform us about the Nacirema tribe and their way of life. By writing about their civilization the reader can learn how they live through rituals and what they practice. Miner discusses about Nacirema’s exotic customs‚ ritual activities‚ the shrine‚ their magical practitioners‚ oral care‚ harsh physical ceremonies‚ witchdoctors‚ breast rituals‚ thoughts on intercourse‚ and magical power. Once I read about these aforementioned topics
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Mbuti Tribe Trisha Kelly ANT 101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Dr. Carleen Sanchez December 3‚ 2012 I. In the Ituri Forest in Africa you will find the Mbuti tribe. The Mbuti tribe is one of several indigenous pygmy groups in the Conga region of Africa. The Mbuti are a foraging society filled with hunters and gatherers. In this paper I will focus on the Mbuti kinship‚ their beliefs and values‚ and their political organization. II. The Mbuti tribe‚ also known as “the forest people”
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Considerations on Caste Madhusudan Subedi Abstract Caste as a system of social stratification was an encompassing system in the past. There was reciprocal system of exchange goods and services. With time‚ occupation and mode of generation of livelihood of various caste groups changed‚ and the traditional form of jajmani system fizzled out. This paper provides an account of changing perspectives of caste relations in social science writing and political discourse. The discourse of caste has been
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Native American tribe‚ They are related to many other Southwestern Tribes. They made many accomplishments and are known for their culture. In this essay I will be talking about their homeland‚ religion‚ beliefs‚ daily-life‚ languages ‚agriculture‚ and social organization The apache indians were first meet up by the conquistadors. The apache is a native american tribe ‚ they are related to the native american tribe from south western
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Nupe people Nupe is an ethnic group located primarily in the middle belt and northern Nigeriais. Nupe‚ traditionally called the Tapa by the neighbouring Yoruba and Nufawa by the neighbouring Hausa. They are the dominant group in Niger and an important minority in Kwara State. Although a version of their history claim that they originally lived in Egypt‚ the more common tradition traces their origin to Tsoede who flect the court of Idah and established a loose confederation of towns along the Niger
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The Winnebago tribe has two bands. One band of the Winnebago people resides in many places of Wisconsin and the other band of the Winnebago people resides on the reservation in Winnebago Nebraska. The Winnebago people migrated from the Mayans in Mesoamerica to Nebraska. There were plenty of epidemic diseases and wars that caused migrations to the Native American people. Before the Europeans invaded the New World‚ the Native American people didn’t have a written language‚ therefore oral traditions
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