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    Apache Tribe Jewelry Apache jewelry is very well know for it’s usage of very precious metals including silver, brass, gold, and platinum. They also are known to have used the bones and shells that they found. Apaches would make chokers out of bones they found. When they used silver they often engraved things into the metal. The symbols were usually important to their tribes. Another common jewelry is called the Apache tears, it is composed of a black obsidian or onyx. Dictionary.com states that

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    the Apache people still have others refer to them and refer to themselves as Apache. The Apache tribe has many unique cultures and traditions. In order to research the Apache people and avoid distorted information, a primary source was used as well as reference sources such as databases. Freddie Kaydahzinne, the museum director and a member of the Apache tribe answered a few questions about the Apache tribe over the phone. The first question was about how the present Apache economy runs. He answered

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    The Cherokee Removal, Perdue and Green show the trials that the Cherokee faced in the years from 1700 to 1840. This book shows how the Americans tried to remove these Indians from the southeastern part of the United States. The Cherokees tried to overcome the attempts of removal, but finally in 1838, they were removed from the area.      The Cherokees lived in the valleys of rivers that drained the southern Appalachians (Perdue, 1). The British first came into Cherokee country

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    Historical Development ICWA was enacted in 1978 because of the extremely high rate of Indian children being removed from their traditional homes and premanently from Indian culture . Before the enactment, it was estimated that 25 to 35 percent of all Indian children were removed from their Indian homes and placed in non-Indian homes, with an absence from their Indian culture. The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) paid the states to remove Indian children and to place them with non-Indian families

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    have a thing in common- they all share a history of injustice. The present paper explores within the larger framework of human rights in general and how tribal rights are being violated particularly in India. PAPER According to oxford dictionary “tribe” is - A social division in a traditional society

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    HAVE A THING IN COMMON- THEY ALL SHARE A HISTORY OF INJUSTICE. THE PRESENT PAPER EXPLORES WITHIN THE LARGER FRAMEWORK OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN GENERAL AND HOW TRIBAL RIGHTS ARE BEING VIOLATED PARTICULARLY IN INDIA. PAPER ACCORDING TO OXFORD DICTIONARY “TRIBE” IS - A SOCIAL DIVISION IN A TRADITIONAL SOCIETY

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    Although the role of the government found in Beowulf and in King Arthurs societies had basically the same functions (to protect the people from invasion and provide safety and order within the community), each government was set up with some drastically different ideologies. The ideologies that perhaps governed the formation of each government were defined easily by the time periods in which each work was written. Both governments describe leaders (Kings) who are honorable and kind to their people

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    War II. In The Lord of the Flies, Ralph and Jack’s relationship directly affects tribal decisions and development. Jack and Ralph’s differences in opinion, development of savagery, competitive mind set and fight for power cause difficulty within the tribe. Jack and Ralph’s negative relationship develops there differences in opinion. Jack doesn’t take it serious that his pig hunters are not contributing to building the forts. “We want meat.” “Well, we haven’t got any yet. And we need shelters.” (Golding

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    The films If a Tree Falls, Bidder 70, and Trinkets and Beads all exhibit some form of environmental activism that goes against the generalized position on how the environment ought to be controlled and dominated. For Daniel McGowan, his method was monkeywrenching; Tim De Christopher’s—monkeywrenching and civil disobedience; Moi and the Huaorani—holding to tradition. Activism comes in all forms and these are just three examples. However, their activism points to a greater issue. In If a Tree Falls

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    ii. Problems of assimilation with the non-tribal People: The indigenous people of the Dooars were the Koch-Rajbanshis, the Mech, the Rabhas and the Lepchas. They were well dependent on their traditional village economy of agriculture, hunting, fishing, and forest based economy. After the introduction of tea plantation in Dooars, the planters encouraged the immigration of the Nepalese, and then the tea planters decided to bring labourers from the Santal Parganas and Chhotonagpur plateau. In the second

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