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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...

Organization, Gender, and Leadership

This research report compares and contrasts three different societies as it respects gender roles. Social organization is looked a...

Edward Jones/The Known World

As this suggests, the novel abounds in paradoxes. Moses, the cruel overseer, did not murder his wife and child, but actually sent ...

Latin America's Native Civilizations

In four pages preColumbian Latin American history is examines in a consideration of Mayan and Aztec, tribes including Toltec and O...

The Concept of the Best Society

She is disgusted by the fact that she must respond to the blackmailer, but also proud that she has defended her husband and her li...

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...

1994 Bloody Civil War in Rwanda

Twa, who make up about 1% of the population, are the only group actually indigenous to the area (McDonald PG). The Tutsis and the ...

Dogon Tribes, Birth Twins, and African Religious Symbolism

In six pages the significance of twins in African religion in terms of symbolism and ritual is discussed with the emphasis upon Do...

Ashantee and the Gold Coast by John Beecham

In ten pages John Beecham's 1841 anthropological study featuring West Africa's Ashantee tribe is examined in terms of 3 examples o...

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...

Creek and Cherokee Tribes and Traditional Southeastern Dance Decline

In six pages this paper examines the reasons why traditional Southeastern Native American dances like the stomp dance have decline...

Social Structure, Family Traditions, and the Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota Indians

In ten pages this research paper examines the Eastern Dakota's Sisseton Wahpeton tribe in terms of its political structure, social...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A Tribe Apart by Patricia Hersch and Psychological Theory

In seven pages this research paper applies psychological theories on adolescent development in an analysis of the teens featured i...

John Neihardt's Black Elk Speaks

In a paper consisting of six pages this text is examined from the context of how the tribes of Native America lost much of what th...

Pueblo Culture and Gender Roles

In twelve pages the Native American Pueblo culture is discussed in an examination of its development of gender roles with the focu...

U.S. Southwest and Cultural Influences of Mexico

In six pages this paper examines the cultural influences of these 2 border countries in an assessment of pros and cons with assimi...

Fools Crow by James Welch

In five pages this research paper examines the Blackfeet Native American tribe of the 19th century as depicted in James Welch's no...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...