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Maleness and New Guinea's Sambia

that there is no role for women in this ritual is an evident statement about the distinct characteristics of the rituals supportin...

Tantrism and Tantric Tribes

In seven pages this research paper examines India's tantric tribes and considers tantrism's effects on Hinduism and Buddhism. Six...

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...

Analysis of 1964 Dead Birds Documentary

In two pages this ethnographic documentary that focuses on Western New Guinea's primitive tribe known as Dani is examined in terms...

New Jersey's History

In five pages the seventeenth through nineteenth century history of the state of New Jersey is discussed with the Lenni Lenape tri...

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...

The Language of the Land by James Stephenson

who have changed little since the Stone Age (Stephenson, 2000). This essay examines a number of issues relevant to Jemzis develo...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

Why is South Africa an Attractive FDI Target?

This eight page paper considers the attractiveness of South Africa as a destination for foreign direct investment. The paper start...

Econ/Anthropology Questions

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

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...

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...

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...

Southern Africa's Ju/'hoansi Tribes

In seven pages this paper examines this tribal culture's transformation form foraging to herding and farming. Seven sources are c...

Poverty and Kadazandusun Tribe of Malaysia

a very strong impoverished stated. The following paper examines their position in society, focusing on their problems with poverty...

The Pashtun Tribes of Afghanistan and Pakistan

through careful linguistic analysis. The Pashtun language is a part of the Eastern Iranian language and the people are offshoots ...

Displacement of the Five Civilized Tribes and the Blacks that had Joined Them

This paper describes the factors affecting the forced removal of the rightful owners of eastern US lands. There are four sources ...

Oglala Sioux Tribe Domestic Violence Code

abuse. Education drills home the fact that domestic violence is not just a family issue, it is a societal one. If we are to reso...

The Appeal Of Howard Stern

and political components have had upon the masses is more than superficial according to Stern; rather, this power has rendered soc...

Lincoln And Sumner: Equality

the fundamental purpose for doing so. While Sumner places governmental involvement with the quest for equality at the bottom of t...

Hugo Chavez, Latin America, and the United States

this in mind the essay clearly cover both sides of the opinions concerning Chavez and his relations with the United States. Pala...