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'Because we cherish you--'Book 1981 • Sealaska Corporation et al.
Tlingit • North America > Northwest Coast and California
In the spring of 1980 a Sealaska Elders' Conference was held in Sitka, Alaska, sponsored by the Sealaska Corporation's Board of Directors. This conference, the first of its kind in which a tra...Officers and eldersBook 1984 • Teitelbaum, Michele M.
Kpelle • Africa > Western Africa
Information on Kpelle political cognition is contained in this document. The author's focus is on the extent to which modern (kwii) and traditional (noi) leaders and officeholders are viewed a...‘No elders present’article 1996 • Austin, Gareth
Akan • Africa > Western Africa
In this article, Austin reexamines the reasons for the overthrow of the ASANTEHENE Mensa Bonsu in 1883 and the ensuing civil war (1884-8.) Ivor Wilks attributed the rebellion to an emergent cl...For men and eldersBook 1977 • Wilson, Monica Hunter
Nyakyusa and Ngonde • Africa > Eastern Africa
This book is about the Nyakyusa people of Tanzania and the Ngonde of Malawi, who live on opposite sides of the Songwe river and who speak one language. It is concerned with how marriage relati...Natural history in ten volumesbook chapter 1967 • Pliny, the Elder & Rackham, H. (Harris)
Imperial Romans • Europe > Southern Europe
This is the first of ten volumes of Plinys Natural History. Only the Preface and Book II of this volume has been processed for the Files. For other volumes of the Natural History, see document...Natural history in ten volumesbook chapter 1969 • Pliny, the Elder & Rackham, H. (Harris)
Imperial Romans • Europe > Southern Europe
This document consists only of Book VII of the Natural History, dealing with Pliny's concepts and views of humanity—its biology, physiology, psychology and religion....Natural history in ten volumesbook chapter 1969 • Pliny, the Elder & Jones, W. H. S. (William Henry Samuel)
Imperial Romans • Europe > Southern Europe
This document is an exhaustive cataloguing of the medicinal uses to which plants had been put. Plinys sources were mainly Greek and Roman, and the information is not limited to Roman ethnobota...Natural history in ten volumesbook chapter 1966 • Pliny, the Elder & Jones, W. H. S. (William Henry Samuel)
Imperial Romans • Europe > Southern Europe
This is a continuation of Plinys encyclopedic treatment of the medicinal uses of plants, begun in volume VI (15: Pliny this field). Book XXIV is concerned with the medicinal uses of trees and ...Natural history in ten volumesbook chapter 1968 • Pliny, the Elder & Rackham, H. (Harris)
Imperial Romans • Europe > Southern Europe
This source is a continuation of Plinys encyclopedia of the knowledge of his time, and covers metals, minerals, and a history of art. Book 33 is concerned with gold and silver, their mining, p...The long journeyBook 1983 • Decroos, Jean Francis, -1980 & University Of Nevada, Reno. Basque Studies Program
Basque Americans • North America > Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
This work is an ethnographic study of the Basques in the American West, with particular emphasis on those in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. The focus of the author's research is on ...The kinship system and customs connected with the ban on pronouncing the personal names of elder relatives among the Kazakhsarticle 1984 • Arghynbaev, Kh. (Khalel)
Kazakh • Asia > Central Asia
This article, translated from original Kazakh, discusses Kazakh kinship system and kinship terms. The focus is on Kazakh descent rules and kinship terms including the customs that requires ind...Vancouver's ChinatownBook 1991 • Anderson, Kay
Chinese Canadians • North America > Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
This is a systematic analysis of the relationships between Vancouver's Chinese and European communities from the late 1880s to about 1980. The data focus on immigration policies of the Canadia...Salsa and migrationessay 1994 • Leymarie, Isabelle
Puerto Ricans (Mainland) • North America > Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
A look at the Puerto Rican immigrant experience through its music, salsa. Leymarie traces the roots, influences, transformations, and prominent practitioners of the music between 1920 and 1980...Caste council among the Namputiri Brahmans of Keralaarticle 1969 • Mathur, P. R. G.
Kerala • Asia > South Asia
This article discusses the role and status of Namputiri Brahman caste elders. While recognizing the continued importance of caste leaders, especially in influencing the inner workings of the c...The emergence of Viet Nambook chapter 1947 • Hammer, Ellen J. (Ellen Joy)
Vietnamese • Asia > Southeast Asia
This paper was prepared for the Tenth IPR Conference in September 1947. It is a political analysis of the origin and development of the Republic of Vietnam down to the spring of 1947, includin...General discussionessay 1976 • Anonymous et al.
Greeks • Europe > Southeastern Europe
This is a brief discussion among the authors who participated in a conference on 'Regional Variation in Modern Greece and Cyrpus,' and contributed articles to a collected volume on the subject...Cuantos somos 1977 • Teller, Charles H. et al.
Chicanos • North America > Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
This collection are essays provides a thorough examination of demographic methodological research issues in the study of Chicanos, as well as a wealth of data concerning fertility and mortalit...The Ibo-speaking peoples of southern NigeriaBook 1981 • Anafulu, Joseph C.
Igbo • Africa > Western Africa
This document consists in almost its entiretly of over three thousand bibliographical citations, arranged alphabetically by author under broad subject headings, and covering the period from 16...Tiv religionBook 1971 • Downes, Rupert Major
Tiv • Africa > Western Africa
Major Downes, a colonial officer in 1930s Nigeria, presents a first hand account of Tiv religion as practiced in that period. For the Tiv, the natural, social and supernatural world are inextr...Placing race in contextessay 1992 • Rodríguez, Clara E. & Cordero-Guzman, Hector
Puerto Ricans (Mainland) • North America > Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
This is a study of racial responses in the 1980 US census and racial self-identification among 240 randomly selected Puerto Rican travelers in a New York City airport. In the 1980 census, 52 p...A demographic profile of Cuban AmericansBook 1994 • Boswell, Thomas D.
Cuban Americans • North America > Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
This paper describes and analyzes the demographic characteristics of the Cuban population living in the United States. The work is divided into two major divisions. The first part compares Cub...Agreeing to agree on genealogyessay 1975 • Blount, Ben G.
Luo • Africa > Eastern Africa
This article analyzes the structure of a Luo speech event named 'to count ancestors.' Focusing on a tape recording of a pre-arranged meeting of fifteen elders, the paper identifies major theme...The meaning of carnival in Croatiaarticle 1983 • Supek, Olga
Croats • Europe > Southeastern Europe
This article, based on fieldwork in western Croatia from 1977-1980, deals with the relationship of Mardi Gras (carnival) to social stability and order as well as instability and change. The au...Social change in adolescent sexual behavior, mate selection, and premarital pregancy rates in a Kikuyu communityarticle 1987 • Worthman, Carol M. & Whiting, John Wesley Mayhew
Gikuyu • Africa > Eastern Africa
This study discusses adolescent fertility and marriage patterns in Ngecha village, Kenya. Comparing data from 1950 with that of 1980, the study shows substantial increases in rate of unwed mot...Mescalero ritual dancearticle 1978 • Farrer, Claire R.
Mescalero Apache • North America > Southwest and Basin
This article, based on fieldwork done intermittently between 1974 and 1977, briefly describes the dances, both ceremonial and secular, that occur during the annual puberty ceremony at Mescaler...