Articles related to "Tribe"



Indigenous Ethiopia
Ethiopian indigenous peoples are threatened as much by colonial constructs of their identity as they are by bullets, drought and famine.
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Galway - Ireland, City of Tribes
Galway has a vibrant Irish arts and culture scene and it is perfectly situated to explore the West Coast of Ireland, like the Aran Islands and Connermara.
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Powhatan's Tribes Teach Settlers
Jamestown lacked men who knew how to farm. Powhatan's people show them how to plant and catch fish in exchange for metal for hatchets, glass beads and copper.
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Thailand's Northern Hill Tribes
Speaking different languages and worshipping different spirits the villages of the Akha, Maew, Lisu and Karen are a big attraction for trekkers and tourists.
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Native Spirit
Native American Herbal Medicine
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China's One Chilld Policy
Despite holding the rule of the "One Child Policy" why can many families with two or more children still be seen on the streets of China?
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A New Twist on Reservation Gambling

Q-Tip's House Burned Down

Is NAGPRA Emptying Museums?
A recent article argued that Native American tribes are reclaiming a large percentage of museum collections in the US. Is NAGPRA really emptying U.S. museums out?
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Powhatan's Kingdom
Powhatan's first proven contact with whites came in 1607, when Jamestown was established a few miles from Powhatan's capital of Werowocomoco. He attempted to control the
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Black Wedding
Learn the truth about life in Australia before the European invasion. You'll discover it's not quite the "Terra Nullius" proclaimed by invaders.
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Luxembourg Indigenousness
The indigenous Trevisi of Luxembourg were colonised by Rome 2000 years ago. Can their culturally unique descendants be described as indigenous today?
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Powhatan and the Roanoke Settlers
Powhatan was the chief of a federation of Algonquian Indian tribes who lived in the tidewater region of Virginia. His rule may hold a clue to the disappearance of the wh
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After months of waiting, Makah finally kill a gray
For the first time in more than 70 years, Makah Indians seeking to re-establish their whale-hunting tradition harpooned and killed a gray whale off the Pacific coast this week.
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Native American Names
Europeans at Jamestown misunderstand meaning of Native American languages. Pocahontas only a nickname. Caddos name Texas.
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Maori
A short history of the Maori People, their struggles to overcome oppression, and questions they must answer if they are to have a viable future as a people and cultural identity.
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Repatriation – A Passing Fad?
Neil MacGregor, the director of the British Museum in London was recently quoted as saying, "Repatriation is yesterday’s question . . ." The number of high-profile and s
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Social Problems Across the Border
Drug Trafficking and other challenges for Aboriginal nations divided by the US-Canadian border.
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Susquehanna River
The river dates back to the Paleozoic Era and is a geologist's dream. It acted as a transportation corridor, and has provided the backdrop for countless historic events.
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The Capture of Pocahontas
By 1614, the Indians, having had enough of land-grabbing whites, start a war. Pocahontas marries Kocoum, is kidnapped, marries Rolfe and sails for England.
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Sequoyah of the Cherokee
Sequoyah and his friends wonder how the white people obtained the “Talking Leaves," that they call books.
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The Dawes Act
Also known as the General Allotment Act, the purpose of The Dawes Act, passed by the US Congress in 1887, was to break up reservations into individual allotments.
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Pocahontas Saves John Smith
Captain John Smith tells of being taken captive in 1607, by Powhatan. Fearing Smith would be killed, Pocahontas flung herself across Smith, attempting to prevent his deat
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Ritual
An introduction to the concept of ritual and its relationship to being Pagan/Wikkan. How ritual exists in our day-to-day lives.
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In the wake of a recent kill, IWC debates the future of whaling
International whaling officials gathered in Grenada last week to hear calls to ease a worldwide ban on commercial whaling. The meeting came just days after a widely publicized whale hunt in the Pacific Northwest – a hunt in which the Makah Indian tribe killed its first gray whale in more than 70 years.
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The Caddos Name Texas
In 1691, the Spanish reached the temple mound site of the Caddos in Texas and were welcomed by greeting of "tejas," a Caddo word meaning "friends."
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The Picts
Sometimes called "The Painted Men", the Picts came out of nowhere to rule the north of Britain.
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Wars: The French and English
History of the US-Canadian Border, known as the Medicine Line to the Aboriginal people
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2007 Cleveland Indians MLB Preview
The Cleveland Indians should have acquired two starters this winter. The didn't get any. That will keep the team on an up and down roller-coaster ride all season long.
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Kennewick on TIME Cover
Kennewick Man made the March 13, 2006 cover of TIME. How fairly did they represent the Native American perspective on the controversy?
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Petroglyphs at China Lake, CA
Petroglyphs are images pecked into large boulders by the use of rocks and hammer stones. These images were left by the shamans after their spiritual vision quests.
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Sacred Cloth: Dressing the Priesthood
Liturgical design for the House of Aaron, the priesthood of Israel
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Sand Creek Revisited

Slaughter of the Innocents…. Again

Cherokee and Slavery
Review of the history of slavery in the Cherokee Nation.
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Romani: Mashkar le gadjende leski shib si le Romeski zor
The language of the Rom, or Gypsies, travels the world
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10 questions for Fall '97

Cherokee Alphabet
Sequoyah, for many years, works on his alphabet. When it is finished it is so simple that everyone, including the children, in his tribe learns it.
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cynics, critics, and mathematics - oh my!

Long Chain of Abuses
Since 1787, over 750 land cessions have been authorized by supposed mutual compacts. History demostrates there was little that was mutual about these "treaties."
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Thutmose I <i>The Commoner Come King</i>
Thutmose I, Egypt, Ancient Egypt, Nile, History, Ancient History, 18th Dynasty
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Yanomami
The Yanomami are the largest group of Neolithic people known. Contact with the western world has degraded their traditional culture, possibly beyond repair. Disease and violence against them threatens their survival. This is the first of two articles examining their plight and their future.
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Nebula Shortlist 2006
Here's the list of nominees for 2006 Nebula awards for novel, novella, novelette, short, script, and the Andre Norton Award for YA.
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The British in India 1825-1859
The colorful and varied uniforms of British Army military units in India in the 19th century.
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The Intelligence of Bears
A brief discussion about what is known about the exceptional intelligence of bears, with examples and anecdotes.
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Is Hip-Hop Dying?: The Cyclical Nature of Music

Overcoming the “Indian” Stereotype

Settlers Return to Jamestown
The people of Jamestown are ready to call it quits when, in 1610, Lord Thomas West De la Warr arrives in Virginia to be governor. John Rolfe marries Pocahontas and introd
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Slaughter of the Innocents... Again

Chief Crazy Horse
An informative look at the life, times and death of this brave Native-American chieftain whose name is forever linked with that of General George Armstrong Custer
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