In My Tribe

describes being able to accomplish all of this. From what I have read about Wilma Mankiller and her background is that she was the first woman to ever lead a major Native America Tribe in the United States of American. Wilma was a former Chief of the Cherokee Nation for 10 years from 1985-1995 which is the second biggest tribe in America. The name Mankiller comes from an old Cherokee military rank that she got from her ancestors who was given that name for looking over the village. She lived on…

important that we continue the work of anthropology for the well being and overall awareness of the world. For my ethnographic research project, I will be researching the Chippewa tribes located in Wisconsin. The Chippewa are also known as Ojibwa and are prominently located in southern Canada, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. The tribe located in Wisconsin is considered to be the leading tribe of the Chippewa as a whole. Over time, they have spread out over the northern areas of America…

The book “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee” written by Dee Brown was based on a timeline of events which all began the year of 1492 when the Europeans started settling in America. All events which are based upon battles and treaties between the Native American tribes and the white settlers to find independence for their own ways of living. “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee,” told the stories of individual tribes who struggled fighting for peace for their people, ensured safety, and kept promises. The…

near the great mass of water. During the time of harvest the tribe began noticing large amount of white people passing along the area and building many structures, hunting our animals, and running some of our sister tribes away from their lands. My job was to bring fur and meat to the tribe and it was getting scarcer every season. A feeling of being overrun just for land and our knowledge only to feed the greed. During the warm season my brothers and I made a good hunt receiving many furs and…

different from us including their skin tone, which is what was most astonishing to me. They looked so pale comparatively to my dark colored skin, I did not even know people could be so lightly pigmented. It was as if all the color had been drained form their bodies until there was none left. I was not very frightened of them when they arrived, but my parents (especially my father) told me to try and stay as far away from them as possible because they did not know whether to trust them; I did not…

Age is something that is highly respected in the Ojibwe tribe so much so that there was a ceremony for every stage of life from birth to death, with great emphasis placed on puberty and rituals and rights of passage that included fasting and vision quests for boys and sequestered instruction for girls (Treuer, 2010, p. 9). Gender roles also played a large part in this tribe men engaged in warfare, hunted, fished, and could have multiple wives. Women had quite a different life than men. Women…

Tribe: Lenape Tribe (Delaware) Activity 1: Pleasing the Spirits Description: In my time with this tribe I came across a ritual that was for the good and evil spirits. In this activity, everyone was involved because it called upon everybody to please these spirits. What everyone had to do was to give offerings that would be pleasing to them. This was completed wherever the Lenape believed the spirits lived. This activity is a never-ending ritual, because they would never want to offend these…

women warriors of the Great Cheyenne Tribe. First, let me start off by telling you how life was in this tribe before the settlers came and took our land. Before they came, our village was relatively peaceful. We held lots of ceremonies to honor “The Great Spirit” and all of our tribal accomplishments. Back then the buffalo wasn’t as rare so we had an abundant supply of food and a lot of tools, thread, and other necessities. As a little girl I would always watch my older brother, Little Fox, and…

Pontiac of the Ottawa tribe. Many historians have discredited me with their accounts of my involvement in the resistance movement against the British so I am here to set some things straight. I was born in 1720 in an Ottawa tribe near the Maumee river near the Mississippi river. By 1755, I had become chief and many of my people looked up to me to lead them through the resistance of the British Colonies. I allied with the French Colonies and aided them to many victorious. Even though my French…

willpower to part from Ralph’s group and form his own tribe. Eventually, Jack has a solid group of boys that are willing to serve him, showing that he has earned the boys’ respect. The narrator depicts Jack, “Far off along the beach, Jack was standing before a small group of boys. He was looking brilliantly happy.” (146). Jack manages to take boys from Ralph’s group to join his, all for…