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four by the lake), Jaypaw, Hollypaw, and Lionpaw. They are pretending to fight Shadowclan warriors. They were caught by there father (Brambleclaw), and were told to get ready for the gathering. A gathering is when the four clans meet under a truce to discuss things between the clans. this would be Jaypaw’s first gathering because he was on punishment and missed the other two, but he wasn’t looking forward to it. His brother Lionpaw wanted to know why he was always so grumpy. He was always grumpy…

Children were automatically considered to be of their mother’s clan (iroquoisdemocracy.pdx.edu). After marriage, the husband moved into his wife’s Longhouse. If a woman wanted to divorce, she had the right to keep the children. She also had the right to ask her husband to leave her Longhouse and take his properties…

strengthening the church and weakening the clan. An example is when Mr. Kiaga speaks to a convert and states ‘“The heathen say you will die if you do this or that. The heathen speak nothing but falsehood. Only the word of God is true.”’ (Achebe 157). This is significant because the white man persuades the convert that he will be accepted by their new religion unlike his old one. This is important to the theme of this chapter because we are shown how easily manipulated the clan members are, and…

not an abomination of the story, he attempts to help his clan and does his best to protect his people. Okonkwo, of Things Fall Apart, is a tragic hero because he follows a clear step-by-step plan; At first his clan looks up to and respects him, then he is isolated from the clan because of his fatal flaw, and lastly he attempts to restore his previous state. Okonkwo is, or was, known as a respected member of the clan. His position in the clan is a respected one, he is a leader. “Okonkwo was…

The Zuñi are a large group of people formed by many clans. They are known as an exogamous clan (Page 245; Cultural Anthropology; 14th Edition; Ember), so within their tribal ways one does not marry within one’s own clan, and though one should not marry within the father’s clan, it does occasionally occur more than it seems necessary. (?) The Zuñi are also known as a Crow system, meaning that the father’s side of kinship is much less important and the generational difference is not distinguished…

prophecy. The Onyx cannot speak to clan cats, the Lapis must speak for him/her. Lapis - The speaker for the Onyx and Zircon. Must posses the empathy power. Zircon - Four of the most sk!lled cats in the tribe. They act as deputies over the tribe. Zircon cannot speak to clan cats directly. Quartz - A term for the warriors of the tribe. Agate - The healer of the Tribe, does not require any specific power. Uses minerals and spiritual healing on both tribe and clan cats alike. Pebbles -…

MacNab is a name in Scottish origin. The name itself tells a violent history of war and tragedy. Son of Abbott. The name of a father who bestowed his name onto his son. The MacNab’s were a warrior clan always on the wrong side, even at one point siding with the British in wars. My great-grandfather, a Scotsman turned Canadian, Sir Allan MacNab, was a Freemason. Sir MacNab has an interesting history he fought in the war of 1812 at the age of 14, he was a well educated man leaving behind a great…

The Cherokee tribe is a tribe that originated in southwest Virginia, western North Carolina and South Carolina, north Georgia, east Tennessee, and northeast Alabama, and claiming even to the Ohio River. The cherokee is a very large tribe that stretched over a vast area. The Cherokee tribe had many sub tribes. The sub tribes often spoke different languages. The Cherokee language originated from the Iroquoian language. Cherokee is a polysynthetic language. A polysynthetic language means that one…

Each tribe was made of clans, each of which was named after an animal, such as the bear or deer clan. Each clan was led by the oldest woman, or “matron.” She selected the chief, arranged marriages, and controlled all the food. All of the people in the clan could trace their lineage to a common female ancestor, and all members were either born into, or adopted by a clan. Since you were related to everyone in a clan for life, you had to marry someone from a different clan. Despite this,…

be a major ordeal for anyone. This challenge is especially true for Okonkwo, who was a ruler of a stable, thriving clan in the novel, “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe, until he returned to reality after seven years of exile. Upon his return, he found that his clan had adopted a new religion, welcomed foreign missionaries, and reversed many of the traditional aspects of the clan. While Okonkwo was in exile, several events occurred that led to this new way of life. His exile, Ikemefuna 's…