The Blackfoot Tribe is a group of Native Americans that lived in the Northern Great Plains. It consisted of four distinct nations, The Siksika, The Blood, The Pikinini, and The Blackfeet Nation. These nations all shared historical and cultural backgrounds, and they fought the same enemies but they were all independent with their leadership. The Siksika, the Blood, and the Pikinini Nations lived in Alberta, Canada and the Blackfeet Nation lived in Montana. Most of the tribes settlements were in Montana, Idaho, and Alberta.…
The Cowlitz Indian Tribe is trying to build a multi-million dollar mega-casino in Clark Country where some tribal members are challenging their own leaders’ right to run the project of the new casino. This brings us to a major question of, which policy should the Cowlitz Indian tribe adopt in determining who is a full member of their tribe? After analysis data we discovered that this policy will ultimately determine who has a right to become a director of the proposed casino, who has a right to a share of any projected casino profits, and who is entitled to other benefits of tribal membership. This became a very important problem because the blood quantum ultimately determine who will be entitled to share any future casino proceeds and other tribal benefits such as subsidized housing or monetary compensation. It could also help determine who is eligible to be a tribal council member, which is central to this case as they are the ones who will likely direct the operations of the new multi-million dollar casino.…
The Arawak arrived around 650 AD. The second wave arrived between 850 and 900 AD. Also Arawak indians our american indians who lived in the greater antilles and south America. They were among the first few indian tribes that christopher columbus came in contact with along with the taino tribe on his way to hispaniola. The Arawaks spoke the language of arawakan linguistic group. Some of the villages that the awaken lived in had more than 3,000 inhabitants.…
The African American Culture are Americans of African descent. The African American Culture is rooted in Africa. We came about through slavery. For may years our culture has been developed separately from the mainstream America, both because of slavery and the persistence of racial discrimination in America. Also African-American slave descendants' desire to create and maintain their own traditions. In the African American Culture there are many things that have been done to contribute to today's society for example dance, music, art and literature.…
The Blackfeet Indians, or Blackfoot Indians in Canada, was a confederation of four factions. They were called Blackfeet because their moccasins were painted black. The tribes are called the Siksika (or called the North Blackfoot, or the Proper), Kainah (or called the Blood), North Pikuni (North Piegan) and South Pikuni (South Piegan). These tribes controlled territory from the North Saskatchewan River in Alberta, upper Missouri River in Montana, and on the west by the Rocky Mountains (Waldman). Due to their language, it’s believed that they migrated away from other Algonquians, who settled by the Great Lakes (Waldman).…
There are three geographical-linguistic groups, but when they’re looked at as a collective, they’re known as Blackfoot. The term Blackfoot is most likely coined due to the practice of coloring their moccasins with ashes. The three groups got together only during ceremonies. The Blackfoot were known as one of the most aggressive groups in North America because when they fought, it was typically raiding enemies for horses or just getting revenge. Their homes were usually made out of bison hide which was supported by poles. During the summer, they lived in big camps where they engaged in activities such as the Sun Dance. In the winter they separated into groups of of 10-20 families. There were multiple leaders, but only one…
The Bamana people have many different types of art. As you can see they made masks and sculptures all for very many reasons. Sometimes they make it for ceremonies and sometimes they would create it for their religion. They are the Bamana and they make Bambara art. They are a part of the Mande tribes of West Africa which is why their art is similar to others. They commonly used metals for their art and work the metal to a finished product. The scale of their art ranges but usually consists of medium to larger scale pieces. The Bamana have created many pieces of artwork.…
There is great difficulty in defining the field of Cultural Studies, as it takes an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approach to studying the art, beliefs, politics, and institutions of ethnic cultures and pop culture. For the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies at Birmingham, one of the central goals of Cultural Studies was “to enable people to understand what (was) going on, and especially to provide ways of thinking, strategies for survival, and resources for resistance (Grossberg 2). Cultural Studies draws from whatever fields are necessary to produce the knowledge required for a particular project (Grossberg 2). It is a field that has no one unique narrative. Taking that into account, for the purposes of this essay I will examine one of many narratives Cultural Studies derives from – that of the African-American tradition. Even in focusing on it’s derivation from the African-American tradition, this will be but one path, not intended to serve as the sole trajectory within the African-American tradition of Cultural Studies.…
References: Galanti, G. (2012) “Cultural Diversity in Health Care” African American. Retrieved on January 27, 2013 from www.ggalanti.org…
Did you know that the Shawnee Indian tribe is a fascinating tribe? I recently have learned that they are nomads. Nomads are people who travel instead of settling in one place. Southern Ohio, West Virginia, and western Pennsylvania were a couple of states they once lived in. Until around 1660 Iroquois drove out the tribe to southern Carolina, Tennessee’s Cumberland basin, eastern Pennsylvania, and southern Illinois. They had tried to return, but again they were forced to leave by American settlers. The settlers pushed them first to Missouri and then to Kansas, but the Shawnee people settled in Oklahoma after the Civil War.…
usually around 52 when they die. This is why only 5% of the population is older…
Members in the group included both adults and older adults. The group facilitator was a Caucasian female; there were fourteen Caucasian females and five male members, and one African American female member, which happen to be me. Some members were dressed in business attire, and some of them were dressed in casual clothing. The meeting began at 10: am sharp, the facilitator introduced herself to the group, she addressed religion and its affiliation with al-anon, and confidentiality about al-anon and its relationship to outsiders. Each member received one AA twelve steps pamphlet at the beginning of the meeting, and the facilitator asked everyone to introduce him or herself one at a time by first name only, beginning with me. I introduced…
My tribe is interesting in that they treated war differently than European countries did. The Crow Tribe along with other Plains Tribes (category of tribes that mine is in) didn't fight necessarily over territory but more for reputation and courage. The Plains Indians also rarely fought to the death or destroyed each other's villages. Instead, their war customs were mostly just injuring their opponent in battle but without harming him, stealing an enemy's weapon or horse, or forcing the other tribe's warriors to retreat. In effect, the Crow sometimes were enemies of neighboring tribes. Because of this, the Europeans who first met them were actually surprised by how often the Crow tribe fought with their neighbors.…
We live in a modern day world of technology. However, what do we know about the past. There were many things that happened back then and that's why people were separated into tribes, like the Ashanti tribe. The Ashanti tribe lived in central Ghana in the rain forests of west Africa, 150 miles away from the coast. They were best known for their craft work especially their hand crafted stools and fertility dolls. An Ashanti fertility doll, Akua ba was mostly found in people's homes and given to the females of the village to bring them closer to the spirit of fertility gods. They lived in various houses or hut that are set up around a courtyard. The head of the household is the oldest brother who lived there and they were called father or house father, everyone would obey them. They ate things like fufu, (mixture of cooked cassava and plantains mashed together) yams, sweat potatoes, wheat, potatoes, and rice. The Ashanti's religion was a mix of spiritual and supernatural powers. They believed that plants and animals had spirits. They also, believed in fairies, tree monsters, and witches.…
Porterfield, A. (1997). The impact of early New England missionaries on women 's roles in Zulu culture. Church History, 66(1), 67.…
