...Totem poles have had such a huge impact on the everyday lives of the Chinook tribe. They have not just impacted the Chinook, totem poles have also impacted other tribes in the Northwest such as the Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka). All these tribes everyday lives wouldn’t be the same if the totem poles hadn’t had a huge impact. Totem poles are sculptures that are carved from large trees, the most used is the Western Red Cedar. In North America, totem poles are a huge part of many of the indigenous cultures such as Alaska, British Columbia, and the Northwest. Today they are used as decoration and souvenirs, but to the Native American tribes, it served many purposes more than decoration and souvenirs. Some totem poles represent...
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...Some of the Subarctic cultural groups are the Eskimos, the Inuit, Aleut, Inupiaq, St. Lawrence, Alutiq, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian. After reading about all of the cultural groups I learned that most of them ate meat and fish. Fish was the most common food group that was hunted. Eventually imported foods started making their way into these tribes. Once that happened their diets and the nutritional value of the foods started declining. The Eskimos diet was largely protein and fat with few plant-based carbohydrates. They thrived off this diet, deriving all the essential nutrients they required from the land around them. The diet they thrived off included protein from flesh of marine mammals including seal, whale, and walrus. They hunted...
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...diseases introduced by the Europeans including smallpox, and influenza (live binders 1). The Tlingit people were very spiritual and believed their Shamans had magical powers to do such things as cure disease. For example, to see the future, and control the weather. Many of the people's confidence in the spiritual powers of the Shamans faded as the Shamans were unable to stop the devastating effects of the diseases, such smallpox, introduced by the European settlers ("Native..."). "The Tlingit Indians were very religious, spiritual, and are strong in what they believe in." . Tlingit religious beliefs and practices centered on a raven deity who combined the characteristics of spirit, human and bird. "The raven also appears in Haida and Tsimshian belief systems. In Tlingit culture, shamans played a crucial role (O'Neil)"."They believed their Shamans had magical powers to do things like cure disease, expect the future, and control the weather. (O'Neil"). The Tlingit people needed to believe in their shamans because the Europeans were spreading all of their diseases to them when they arrived. "Tlingit people also performed a cycle of daily rituals (livebinders1)".This influenced many of the Tlingit people to convert to Orthodox Christianity. In conclusion, the Tlingit people are very interesting to learn about, especially if you have never heard of them. Learning about their daily lives without the things we have today it is a really good experience knowing. Learning how to persevere...
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...Testimony of Sealaska Corporation Native Regional Corporation for Southeast Alaska’s Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian People May 16, 2013 H.R. 740, the “Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act,” a bill that we refer to as Haa Aaní. “Haa Aaní” is the Tlingit way of referring to our ancestral and traditional homeland and the foundation of our history and culture. H.R. 740 would convey just 70,000 acres in the Southeast Alaska region, a region with almost 23 million acres of land; 85% of the region is already in some form of conservation, wilderness or other protected status. Putting the acreage in perspective, Sealaska’s remaining land entitlement represents about 1/3 of one percent of the total land...
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...traditionally told and known, within the Northern Plain and Eastern Woodland tribes, is the story “in which...the Great Spirit...dives or orders other animals to dive in the...water to bring up mud, out of which he fashions the earth” (Smith). Taylor 2 The trickster myths are generally told to be comedic, as that is somewhat what the myths are. They usually tell about how the transformer, though not always the transformer, would play around and “trick” people. These “tricks” would include of taking fire, water, food, light, animals, or even other people, and then setting them loose or losing them in the world, so that it becomes as it is now. The stories are not new, and are not unknown, but are usually told among the Nuxalk, Haida, Tsimshian, Ojibwa, and Blackfoot. There are generally four different “tricksters” in these myths; Raven (being the most common), Hare, Frog, and Coyote are known “tricksters.” Though First Nation stories are not written down there...
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...behavior such as subsistence, hunting camps, and craftsmanship. The second artifact is a Skagit atlatl made from yew wood that dates between 150 and 350 AD. The artful spear thrower was recovered in 1939 in Swinomish, Puget Sound Washington State. The top portion of the atlatl was carved into the shape of two heads, a sea beast sitting on top of a human head. The heads are sitting on top of a long skinny flat surface with two holes through the bottom in front of the faces and a grove carved down the back of the sea beast to place a spear. The beautiful atlatl reflects the past behavior formal tool design, craftsmanship, decoration, and even subsistence. The first of three petroglyphic, or rock engraving, in the exhibit, was discovered in the Tsimshian site with no known date. The carved rock was created by using a small hard item such as a handheld stone to peck the design into the surface. The large boulder has multiple designs carved onto the rock surface. Three different faces are carved into the rock starting in the far right corner to the center. The rock also depicts two birds, the first on the front left side depicting its whole body and the second, only a head, to the left of the full bird. A spouting whale in the left corner is also visible along with other indecipherable markings. The unique carvings reflect the past behaviors of decoration and craftsmanship possibly relating to storytelling spiritual beliefs. The second petroglyphic in the collection was found in the Puget...
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...Edited by Kristen Walker Painemilla, Anthony B. Rylands, Alisa Woofter and Cassie Hughes Edited by Kristen Walker Painemilla, Anthony B. Rylands, Alisa Woofter and Cassie Hughes Conservation International 2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22202 USA Tel: +1 703-341-2400 www.conservation.org Editors : Kristen Walker Painemilla, Anthony B. Rylands, Alisa Woofter and Cassie Hughes Cover design Paula K. Rylands, Conservation International : Layout: Kim Meek, Washington, DC Maps [except where noted otherwise] Kellee Koenig, Conservation International : Conservation International is a private, non-profit organization exempt from federal income tax under section 501 c (3) of the Internal Revenue Code. ISBN 978-1-934151-39-6 © 2010 by Conservation International All rights reserved. The designations of geographical entities in this publication, and the presentation of the material, do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of Conservation International or its supporting organizations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Any opinions expressed in this publication are those of the writers, and do not necessarily reflect those of Conservation International (CI). Suggested citation: Walker Painemilla, K., Rylands, A. B., Woofter, A. and Hughes, C. (eds.). 2010. Indigenous Peoples and Conservation: From Rights to Resource Management. Conservation...
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