Tribe Essay Examples

The Indigenous Tribes of the Rainforest – The Nukak Tribe The Nukak Tribe is found in between the Guaviare and Inirida River in the Amazon basin. It is part of the Guaviare department, in the Republic of Colombia. Unlike any other tribe, the Nukak population is facing a severe threat to extinction. Their current numbers…

Statement 1: “Contact between tourists and the Mursi is a good opportunity for the Mursi to develop and to be part of the globalized world” The most important aspect about this statement is: Do the Mursi want to develop and be part of the globalized world? As seen in the movie “Framing the other” the…

The Great Plains region was home to lush green forests and abundant wildlife, including various Native American tribes such as the Crow tribe. The Crow tribe followed buffalo migrations and lived in portable camps, while other tribes preferred settling down in permanent villages. Situated between the South and Midwest regions to the east and the…

While it has been said that all men are created the same and regarded on equal footing, the real world – in an irrevocable responsibility – has created a seemingly thin hymenal line which in effect placed them each into a particular category.             In a world geared towards modernization and consumerism, men are now…

The Garos are a tribal people in Meghalaya, India, and neighboring areas of Bangladesh who call themselves A·chik Mande (literally “hill people,” from a·chik “hill” + mande “people”) or simply A·chik or Mande. They are the second-largest tribe in Meghalaya after the Khasi and comprise about a third of the local population. The Garo community…

The Korubo tribe which was contacted in 1996 is probably the last contacted Amazon tribe. They occupy some of the least explored regions of the Amazon, close to the borders of Peru, Columbia and Brazil. This Indian tribe has confronted all incursions by the outside world. They use clubs and poison darts to hunt and…