The golden book picture atlas of the world book 1 north america

... the recent emphasis on public education, socialization is increasingly in the hands of nonnative teachers in the public schools Sociopolitical Organization Social Organization In aboriginal times, ... product of spiritual evil often associated with witchcraft Curing consisted of herbal medicines, ritual purifications, and the enlistment of spirit helpers to drive out evil forces Western clinical ... courses of action was the council District councils were called by the district chief, and national councils were called by the three district chiefs acting jointly In 1834, the Choctaw adopted a constitution...

... abrogated under conditions of drunkenness Internalized standards, gossip, and public opinion usually serve to keep individuals in line Differences of opinion or goals between individuals, factions, ... required an official installation of "chief" and "councilors." (The Detah Dogrib already had an official chief under Treaty No 8.) Monphwi, who had succeeded the trading chief as prime leader of ... numbers of introduced behaviors, particularly as they became more sedentary Medicine Illness could be dispersed by driving out spirits that caused disease Specially designated curers assisted in this...

... percent of ChineseAmerican and 24 percent of Korean-American women work in low-level laborer positions Gross figures indicate that full-time Chinese-American and Japanese-American men have higher ... their work diminished and East Asian immigration decreased, those who remained in the United States and their children tended to settle in cities and became involved in service industries Filipinos ... advance the interests of their members East Asian-American interests within American society were often handled by umbrella organizations, which included the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association...

... bourgeoisie; (2) a French Canadian middle bourgeoisie having interests in financial institutions, middle-sized industries, and controlling statist economic institutions, which supports the federalist ... undertaken in isolation, with the object of gaining spiritual power Girls also sought visions, but not in isolation nor as part of menstrual seclusion Sociopolitical Organization Social Organization ... Atsina, Fall Indians, Gros Ventre of the Prairie, Hitunena, Minnetarees of Fort de Prairie, Rapid Indi- Clay People The Gros Ventre (Aaninena, Haaninin) are an Algonkian-speaking American Indian...

... from the island of Haiti, which occupies one-third of the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea The other two-thirds of Hispaniola is occupied by the Dominican Republic Contemporary Haitians ... resulted in their being the victims of economic, political, and residential racial discrimination Haitians see themselves as distinctively Haitian, with the identities ofWest Indian or Black being of ... Canadians through their choice of churches and schools for their children There are clear distinctions in the Haitian-American community between those who arrived in the past and those who arrived...

... D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Ingalik ETHNONYMS: Deg Hit'an, Inkality, Inkiliki, Ingelete, Inkilikiiugel'nut, Kaiyuhkhotana, Ten'a Orientation Identification The Ingalik are an American Indian group ... 156 Illinois Illinois The Illinois, including the Cahokia, Kaskaskia, Michigamea, Peoria, and Tamaroa, with the related Mascouten, lived principally along the Illinois and Mississippi rivers in ... ETHNONYMS: Irish Gypsies, Travelers Orientation Identification Irish Travelers are a small, itinerant ethnic group in the United States Distinct from present-day Irish Travellers in the Republic of Ireland,...

... anti-Semitism, reflected in limited access to certain professions and residential isolation Within the Jewish communities in both nations, there are long traditions of supporting Jewish causes and institutions ... Canadian Jewish Mosaic Toronto: John Wiley DAVID LEVINSON Jicarilla ETHNONYM: Tinde Orientation Identification The Jicarilla are an American Indian group whose names for themselves, 'Haisndayin" ... the number of Jicarilla exceeded 1,000 and in 1981 stood at 2,308 on the Jicarilla Reservation in north- central New Mexico Linguistic Affiliation The Jicarilla language is a dialect of the Apachean...

... Religion Chicago: University of Chicago Press CHARLES H LANGE Kickapoo ETHNONYMS: Igabu, Kikapu, Kiikaapoa, Kiwegapaw, Kiwikapawa, Ontarahronon, Shakekahquah, Shikapo Orientation Identification ... facet of life The religion is animistic and includes a belief in manitous or spirit messengers The supreme deity is Kisiihiat, who created the world and lives in the sky Kisiihiat is assisted ... Anthropological Association, Memoir 56 Menasha, Wis Kwakiutl ETHNONYMS: Kwagulth, Kwaliool, Kwawkewlth, Kwawkwakawakw, Southern Kwakiutl Orientation Identification 'Kwakiutl' was initially and...

... and discrimination that has been the traditional lot of poor immigrant populations in the United States Cuban immigrants were initially comparatively well-off economically, especially 204 Latinos ... were 13 million Mexican Americans, million Puerto Ricans, million Cuban Americans, and million other Latin American immigrants and their descendants In recent decades, the influx of immigrants ... majority of the population is divided almost equally between American-born, working-class families and immigrant families headed by low-skilled and unskilled workers "Mestizaje," the mixing and...