Tribes

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    Rettick V. Floyd

    Petitioners request this Court to grant Petitioners’ request for a permanent injunction of Rettick’s claim in the Tribal Court of the Taraconic Tribe. The Tribal Court of the Taraconic Tribe does not have adjudicatory jurisdiction over Rettick’s tort claim a gainst P etitioners because neither Floyd Industries, LLC, nor Sandra Floyd are members of the Taraconic Tribe, because the fact that the clai m arose on tribal land is non-dispositive for jurisdiction, and because Rettick’s claim did not meet any

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    History of the Iroquios

    the tribes pre-Columbian history to include the settlement dates and known cultural details. Then a brief description of the cultural and religious beliefs of the tribe will be given, as well as the tribes’ history after contact with settlers. Finally discussing Hiawatha, who he was and how he affected the Iroquois tribe. History of the Iroquois Introduction The Iroquois settled in the Northeast originally known as the Eastern Woodlands. The Iroquois are one of the most well-known tribes in

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    Basseri

    Jennifer Elsberry ANT 101 Michelle Neumyer July 22, 2013   Cultural Research: The Basseri of Iran The Basseri tribe is located in Fars, just south of Iran. They are a traditional pastoral nomadic tribe, and speak the dialect of Farsi. The Basseri live in the hot and barren climate of the Persian Gulf. In this paper I will identify a few aspects of Pastorilism in the Basseri tribe. We will also discuss their religious beliefs and belief in supernaturalism, social organization, kinship, and political

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    European Imperialism Legacy in Rwanda

    the background and causes of the Rwandan genocide in 1994 through interviews with survivors or descendants, and through his own trips to the country. The horrible tragedy of 1994 was a result the Hutus getting retaliation on the Tutsi tribe, but these two tribes were not always seen as two separate races. After the Belgium Empire gained control of Rwanda, it was through their regime that Hutus and Tutsis were manipulated to plot against each other, and that one was more superior to the other.

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    Chief Joseph's Influence On Native Americans

    there for the land to farm on. Some of this land belonged to indian tribes, so they made the Indians go to wherever the White people wanted them to go. The Nez Percé tribe fought many battles trying to escape the white people, but eventually Chief Joseph thought that it would be better to surrender than to keep fighting. Chief Joseph had a hard life, but even through his troubles he made all of his decisions to benefit the tribe. Chief Joseph was given the name Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt in 1840 in

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    Soc 111

    Kung Bushmen tribe was all about working together. The tribe had an anthropologist named Richard Lee come and study their tribe. The tribe did not really like home much because he was wealthy and did not share it with anybody else in the tribe. The Bushmen tribe was an example of an organic solidarity, which means, social cohesion based on the dependence individuals have on each other in societies. The tribe is all dependent on each other, as in the food they hunted became the whole tribes. Richard Lee

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    Genghis Khan's Accomplishments

    of the Borjigin tribe. His mother Hoelun was from the Olkhunut tribe. He was her first son and the third for his father. (Ratchnevsky 1) The hardships of Khan’s childhood and the influences of many people shaped his later life and shaped him to be a brilliant emperor. His father was a very courageous man that valued tradition because when Khan was nine years old, his father took him to live with the family of his future bride Borte, who was part of the Onggirat tribe. Borte’s father,

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    Whale Rider

    son. Right away I felt sadness when the mother and one of the twins die. The boy dies and the girl survives. The grandpa seems to not care about the girl who survived . He was longing for his grandson because he is from the Maori tribe and the tribe is waiting for the sign of a new chief to be born . The chief would lead the village and its community to greatness. Many elders have been born but none with the strength to be the next chief. The little girl was named Pai. The grandma

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    Adventures in Fugawiland

    Adventures in Fugawiland Fugawiland: a land full of hardworking hunters, dedicated mothers, learning children, many animals, and lots and lots of land. Fugawiland is in between the border of Lake Superior and the Highlands. There were 25 different sites in Fugawiland, but we were only given information on 10 different sites. The areas in which the citizens of Fugawiland lived permanently were either by the shore or by a river in sites F, Y, R (shore), P, I, W, and C (river). About twice as many

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    Heritage Report Seneca Indian

    white man and they even fought alongside the British during the Revolutionary war. The Seneca consisted of nine tribes named after animals. The tribes’ names were Wolf, Bear, Beaver, Turtle, Hawk, Sandpiper, Deer, Doe and the Heron. During the mid to late 1600’s the tribes combined to have a population reported to be near 5000, though some have said it was closer to 3500. The tribes occupied the area from New York to Lake Erie from as far north as Canada and as south as Pennsylvania. Their economy

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