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Wintu Indian Tribe
Ethnicity
India
There had been several kinds of Indians in the United States; perhaps they had reached the other islands too. There are some tribes who exist up to this point and one among these numbers of Tribe is the Wintu Indian Tribe who had lived in the surroundings of Trinity Mountain and Northern Sacramento River Valley…
Interpretation: assimilation By Sherman Alexie Analysis
Ethnicity
Sherman Alexie
Despite 400 years of what amounted to genocide at the hands of Europeans, indigenous peoples of North America – known variously as Native Americans, First Peoples, Amerinds, or their own preferred appellation, “Indians” (a name bestowed by Columbus who believed he had actually reached India in 1492) stubbornly remain. Beyond the borders of the reservations…
History of the Peranakan
Ethnicity
History
The word “Peranakan” is derived from both Bahasa Malaysia and Bahasa Indonesia, simply meaning “descendants” or one who is “born of the soil”, “native” and “locally born”. Since this term is very wide, it can simply refer to any person who is a native of one country from a host of different regions. There has…
The history of Bantu tribal civilizations
Africa
Civilization
Ethnicity
Technology
The growth of Bantu tribal civilizations was a turning point in their history. The establishment of their cities and empires started after the Bantu migrations ended. The Bantu peoples were comprised of many tribes that had similar aspects of life. They included their agricultural system and their social hierarchy. Their agricultural system was collective. The…
Assimilation of Cultural Groups in the Caribbean
Culture
Ethnicity
The Caribbean is one of the most beautiful areas of the world. It is comprised of many islands which have each developed their own unique culture. The cultures of the Caribbean are a blend of African, European, and Native American cultures. Each group in the society has its own unique history. The Africans were brought…
Colombia Is a Country of Geographical Contrasts
Country
Ethnicity
Colombia stretches over approximately 1,140,000 sq. km, roughly equal to the area of Portugal, Spain, and France put together. Colombia occupies the northwestern end of South America, and is the only country there with coasts on both the Pacific (1350 km long), and the Atlantic (over 1600 km.) Three Andean ranges run north and south…
Garifuna Culture of Central America Research Paper
Culture
Ethnicity
The Garifuna people are descendants of Carib, Arawak and West African people. The British colonial administration used the term Black Carib and Garinagu to distinguish them fromYellow and Red Carib, the Amerindian population that did not intermarry with Africans. Today the Garifuna live primarily in Central America. They live along the Caribbean Coast inBelize, Guatemala,…
Baba and Nyonya Culture in Penang
Culture
Ethnicity
Penang Baba & Nyonya Peranakan and Baba-Nyonya (Chinese: ???? ; Hokkien: Ba-ba Niu-lia) are terms used for the descendants of late 15th and 16th century Chinese immigrants to the Nusantara region during the Colonial era. It applies especially to the ethnic Chinese populations of the British Straits Settlements of Malaya(Singapore, Malacca and Penang) and the…
Anglos and Mexicans in the Twenty-First Century
Century
Chicano
In his article entitled “Anglos and Mexicans in the Twenty-First Century” by David Montejano states the close relations between Anglo Americans and Chicanos and the lack of segregation and class policy are likely to result in the decline of United States’ South (Montejano, Sec.3). Such adverse outcomes, as Montejano envisions, will be associated with relatively…
Defining, Uniting and Empowering the Chicano Community
Chicano
Community
Abstract Who is a Chicano? What does the term Chicano mean? Where does the term originate? Why have Mexican-Americans in the past objected to being known as Chicanos? Why do so many Mexican-Americans today take pride in being Chicanos? There questions are frequently asked when the subject of the Chicano Movement comes up. This essay…
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