Kinship of the Sans Shanitha White Ashford University ANT101: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Kinship of the Sans 1 During this time day and age technology is everywhere and there are still people who have no idea the impact that technology has had on our lives. Before all the technologies came along many people lived a foraging lifestyle. Foraging is a lifestyle based on hunting and gathering material needed for daily living. In foraging communities, especially among the San societies, maintaining strong unions within their nuclear families and with those of related nuclear family is important to their community. San men have a formidable reputation as trackers and hunters.
In Charles Eastmans's autobiography From the Deep Woods to Civilization, he explains what it was like for a Native American Indian in the late 19th century to adapt and accept the new America. It was at a time when Native Americans had little choice but to learn a new way of life if they wanted to prosper. They had been treated unfairly for a long time and it was now their chance to put down the bows and arrows and live like the white man. Although Charles Eastman and the rest of the Native Americans could continue living their natural way of life, they could only do so for a limited amount of time before the white man’s way of life destroyed this possibility. In the first phase of Charles's life he is confronted with the white man’s confined civilization, which threatens to destroy his natural way of life.
Gifford Pinchot, a conservationist and first Chief of the Forest Service has a different idea of the wild and nature. Pinchot believes that “the forests should be managed for the greatest good of the greatest number in the long run.” Pinchot was a key role in developing the early principals of environmental awareness. Unlike Muir that believed nature was something gorgeous and wanted to preserve it. My point of this book being neutral is because Brian seems to be in the middle of this. Now with his experience of being stranded in the woods he appreciates the wild more but is much more used to the comfort of the
Native Americans were mainly sedentary and did not relocate often, they also hunted rather than domesticated. They had to hunt for their meat, so they were often exposed to the dangers and difficulties of hunting. This generated a certain amount of respect for wildlife and nature. Native Americans also had to cultivate land by hand due to the lack of large livestock. Since this process was time consuming, there was not much specialization of labor.
Even though the Sky Chief did not show any respect for the nature, when he asked the men to uproot the tree, he still respected the nature and his wife by uprooting the tree just to make her dream come true. Not only the Onondaga tribe showed respect for others, another tribe that respect is very important for them is the Modoc Tribe. On “When Grizzlies Walked Upright” the Modoc tribe shows that their cultural beliefs matter a lot to them. It shows that they are peaceful and have really strong family values. Just like every other
George on the other hand is just a typical farmhand, not as strong as Lennie, but not nearly as dumb either. After Lennie's aunt Clara passed away George took the responsibility of looking after Lennie who was an animal lover, and couldn't take his hands off anything soft and fuzzy. Sadly he didn't know his own strength so he most often ended up killing them. Lennie and George weren't like other farmhands. They had each other, and therefore didn't live the life of solitude and isolation like many other farmhands.
Doctors, Dentists, Farmers etc. While Mechanical solidarity is more of a shared society, where the individuals of that community have an equal share in responsibility and importance, they work together. While studying “The Harmless People,” a book written by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, we examine her experiences with the Bushmen: and how their society reflects organic or mechanical solidarity. Hunting is the framework of life for the Bushmen, which has a large connection to family relations, influences marriage, establishes social standings among the community, and directs rituals and taboos in a manner that would be more closely considered mechanical solidarity than organic. Family would have to be the basic structure for relationships of nearly everyone throughout the world, not just the Bushmen.
For instance, the crappie bait that you use in warm water does not always work well. The chance will decrease when you use it in the shade. Yet still many people do that because they are cool with their current bait. Well, effective crappie fishermen will consider this factor really well. No wonder that some people keep this as a secret.
They lived in homes called hogans, which were made of wooden poles, tree bark, and mud. Most were built in the 1960s, 1970s, or 1980s, although older built homes do exist. A systematic government was needed in 1920s during the discovery of oil. In 1923, the Navajo established a tribal government, providing it to deal with American oil companies that want to rent Navajo land for exploration. Today, the Navajo accepts changes from the past and used it to have a promising future.
Enga Culture The Enga group of the New Guinea Highlands will be discussed in this research. The Enga cultures will be identified. Also, several aspects will be covered ranging from kinship, beliefs & values, & gender relations. The Engas, like other New Guinea Highland people were horticulturalists. The Engas lived in the mountains so they had to adapt to their environment.