The religious and cultural significance of the Kachina dolls Kachina Dolls hold a great significance for the Hopi peoples. They represent their heroes, sacred religious figures and spirits that help teach them and protect them from harm. They are also known as the Katsinam, which are part of the cloud people. The Katsinam are like intermediaries that pass messages onto god and are represented through Kachina dolls—a modified vision of what the Hopi people believe their supernatural messengers look
Native American dance versus Middle Eastern dance is obviously very different culturally and for other reasons as well. However, through research and my basic understanding and knowledge of the two different dance forms I came to realize they do share a lot of similarities and commonality. Both dances are a large part of the lives of people who perform them, for both enjoyment and duty. I discuss in this paper the purpose of the dances and their influences, the costumes of the dancers and their evolution
Indian tribe called the Navajos. The Anasazi were ancestors of the Hopi Indians. Although the tribe declined for unknown reasons, the Anasazi had a strong cultural identity with unique civilized values, a strong compositional lifestyle, religious architecture, with distinct gender roles, that all left a lasting impression that showed the Anasazi thrived for many years. In 1050, the Anasazi were able to develop their own cultural values due to an expansion of their population. As a result; bridges
Marxism demands that non-European peoples give up their values, their traditions, their cultural existence altogether. We will all be industrialized science addicts in a Marxist society. I do not believe that capitalism itself is really responsible for the situation in which American Indians have been declared a national sacrifice. No, it is the European tradition; European culture itself is responsible. Marxism is just the latest continuation of this tradition, not a solution to it. There is another
matriarchal societies which are coming into contact with the outer world (Vidyarthi & Rai, 1985). Khasi matriliny in this sense is similar to the fourteen disintegrating matrilineal societies examined by Gough, such as the Tongs, Ndembu, Bemba, Ashanti, Hopi, Minangkabau and so on. As Gough has rightly pointed, variations may exist in the steps, in the process, and in the degree of change; however, the end results are the same (Gough,
provide the resources to Native Americans to conduct their daily activities. They will be learning about various aspects of the tribe’s life including: food collection, creating clothing, developing transportation systems, structuring government, and roles of men and women. Each of these aspects of life is affected by the regions environments and resources in some way. Student will understand that adapting to the environment of the region was vital to the tribes their survival. The tribes needed to learn