Acculturation and Culture Contact

General Character of Religion

Spirits and Gods

Religious Denominations

Identification

Bibliographies in Sources

Magicians and Diviners

Rules of Descent

Sodalities

Organized Ceremonial

Household

Clans

Speech

Linguistic Identification

Internal Trade

Accumulation of Wealth

Transmission of Cultural Norms

Transmission of Skills

Puberty and Initiation

Organization and Analysis of Results

Inter-Community Relations

Warfare

Topography and Geology

Settlement Patterns

Real Property

Changes in Property Rights

Burial Practices and Funerals

Missions

Population

Grounds

Inheritance

Territorial Hierarchy

Districts

Glossary

Social Control

Sorcery

Division of Labor by Gender

Occupational Specialization

Special Crops

Hunting and Trapping

Fishing

Domesticated Animals

Tillage

Production and Supply

Magical and Mental Therapy

Status, Role, and Prestige

Gender Status

Cosmology

Location

Climate

Slavery

Regulation of Marriage

Residence

Polygamy

Woven and Other Interworked Fabrics

Medium of Exchange

External Trade

Boats

Material Not Relevant

Nuclear Family

Extended Families

Prehistory

Cooperative Organization

Dependencies

External Relations

CULTURE SUMMARY: SANTA CRUZ

ETHNONYMS

ORIENTATION

HISTORY AND CULTURAL RELATIONS

SETTLEMENTS

ECONOMY

KINSHIP

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

SOCIOPOLITICAL ORGANIZATION

RELIGION AND EXPRESSIVE CULTURE

SYNOPSIS

INDEXING NOTES

RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

RELIGIOUS PRACTITIONERS

CEREMONIES

ARTS

MEDICINE

DEATH AND AFTERLIFE

IDENTIFICATION AND LOCATION

DEMOGRAPHY

LINGUISTIC AFFILIATION

SUBSISTENCE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITES

INDUSTRIAL ARTS

TRADE

DIVISION OF LABOR

LAND TENURE

KIN GROUPS AND DESCENT

KINSHIP TERMINOLOGY

MARRIAGE

DOMESTIC UNIT

INHERITANCE

SOCIALIZATION

SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION

SOCIAL CONTROL

CONFLICT

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Santa Cruz Islanders are Melanesians who live on an archipelago called the Santa Cruz Islands in the Solomon Islands. Santa Cruz Islanders are one of several ethnic groups in the Solomon Islands.  The Santa Cruz Islanders speak three closely related languages that belong to the East Papuan language family. The economy of the Santa Cruz Islanders is agricultural. The most important traditional crops are yams, taro, sweet potatoes, bananas, breadfruit, coconuts, and Canarium almonds.

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