From the Ojibwa word "ototeman", it's the animal or plant a family group associates with its ancestry
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Cultural Anthropology/Print version - Wikibooks, open books for an ...  Cultural Anthropology is the study of human cultures, their beliefs, practices, ..... Society - Being in a family, having peers, or being a member of any organized group or ...... in humans and animals but also in plants, rocks and natural phenomena. ...... The term totem is derived from the Ojibwa word ototeman, meaning one's...
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jeopardy/1227_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  NATIVE AMERICAN FOLKLORE | From the Ojibwa word "ototeman", it's the animal or plant a family group associates with its ancestry | Totem. right: Larry.
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Cultural Anthropology/Ritual and Religion - Wikibooks, open books ...  Ritual often has its roots in myth and religion, tying itself to ancient practices .... White magic is often used for healing, focusing the individual (or group, .... For them it is a force that is inherent in all objects, plants, and animals .... The term totem is derived from the Ojibwa word ototeman, meaning one's brother-sister kin.
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Anima1s Part 3 Flashcards | Quizlet  3-LETTER WORDS $500: Animal seen here (flightless bird) .... ANIMAL GROUPS $100: A group of kangaroos, or of Girl Scouts ... $1000: When the giraffe invites all its taxonomic "family" to a party, this is the only animal that shows up .... THE ROCK $200: Latin for "dug up"; it's the term for ancient plants & animals that have...
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SoSc 103 Introduction to Social Science Reader - OLC Warehouse  The word "economics" is from the GreeN  [oikos], "family, household, ..... sociology, networN analysis, actor-networN theory and a growing list, many of ...... behaviors and movements of animals, and often invent their own language. ...... applied anthropology is often used when trying to determine the ancestry of an...
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Iroquois - Wikipedia  The Iroquois or Haudenosaunee are a historically powerful and important northeast Native ... The League was composed of the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, ... The women elders nominate the chief for life from the clan, and own the .... According to one theory of early Iroquois history, after becoming united in the...
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Muscogee - Wikipedia  The Muscogee people, also known as the Creek people and Creek Confederacy, are a group ... Their languages, Muscogee and Hitchiti-Mikasuki belong to the Eastern Muskogean branch of the Muscogean language family. ...... Runaway slaves, free blacks, Chickasaw and Seminole Indians began gathering at...
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Ojibwe  This may have been the Atlantic near the gulf of the St. Lawrence, but more likely it ... By 1800 Ojibwe were living in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Michigan, .... The Ojibwe were the largest and most powerful Great Lakes tribe; perhaps the ... better press, but it was the Ojibwe who defeated the Iroquois and forced the...
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Iroquois Midwinter Ceremony History & Cartoon Fun by Brownielocks.  Tobacco is an important element in many Native American celebrations. ... They feel dreams represent a cure for diseases and mental disorders. ... They have a group of medicine men known as The False Face Society, who perform the ... The Iroquois refer to them as "Our Uncles" because they represent the tribal founders.
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Algonquian Words in English (Algonkian Indian ... - Native language  More words have been borrowed into English from Algonquian Languages than from all other American Indian languages combined--not ... animals (caribou, wapiti, moose, chipmunk, raccoon, muskrat, opossum, woodchuck, terrapin, skunk,)...
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Caribou - Wikipedia  A caribou is any of several North American subspecies, ecotypes, populations, and herds of the ... The caribou's favourite winter food is fruticose deer lichen. ... Both sexes grow antlers, though in some woodland caribou populations, the ... In Inuktitut, spoken in the eastern Arctic, the caribou is known by the name "tuktu".
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Free Flashcards about CANADA - StudyStack  ONTARIO IN THIS STATE WAS NAMED BY CANADIAN SETTLERS AROUND ..... WAWA IS OJIBWA FOR THIS WILD BIRD AND THE TOWN OF WAWA, ONTARIO, A MIGRATION STOP, BOASTS A GIANT STATUE OF ONE, CANADA GOOSE.
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Stories of Words: Native American Languages - TextProject  ... words enter a language. The Native American groups in North America spoke ... the names used in the Algonquin languages, which were ... feathers on its head made it look like it was bald. Another ... grew foods on trees and ... nut the pakan, meaning a ... pocohiquara. .... words for objects that have come into English.
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Ojibwa - History, Migration to the great lakes  There are several explanations for the derivation of the word "Ojibwa. ... Ojibwa and Sioux fighting extended over a 100-year period until separate .... of birch bark; blankets covered wigwam doors instead of animal skins; calico, ... Tribal newsletters are a means for members to stay abreast of local news, issues, and politics.
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Jeopary Questions page 1873 - SONGS - TriviaBistro.com  WALK INTO A "BAR": It's O-Tay to know this plant of the buckwheat family or that in slang, it's a term for quarrel  A PENGUIN, A YAK & A KANGAROO: Luc...
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About Prince Edward Island - Beach Houses PEI  The Micmac Indians called it Minegoo, which means The Island or Abegweit cradled on the waves so technically these were the first names associated to...
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Pedigree | Definition of Pedigree by Merriam-Webster  Define pedigree: the history of the family members in a person's or animal's past ... 2 a : an ancestral line : lineage b : the origin and the history of something; ... that a family tree, or genealogical chart, resembled a crane's foot (in French, pied de ... The word pedigree is usually used for purebred animals--cats, racehorses,...
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etymology - Where does "otay" come from? - English Language ...  Jun 24, 2011 ... I didn't know about the Little Rascals/Buckwheat connection, possibly ... "Otay" comes from The Little Rascals (a.k.a. "Our Gang"), a 1920's ... @Fumble: For what it's worth, this is the #1 definition at Urban Dictionary as well.
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NATIVE AMERICANS  Native Americans featured in the video are Ojibwa and the dialogue occasionally .... bark from a birch tree. The bark is used to cover their wigwams. ... Does bark stripping kill the tree? No. The tree seals .... construction paper. Use yarn to stitch...
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Lakota people - Wikipedia  ... of Oceti Sakohowin (Sane, Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate, Yankton, Yanktonai). The Lakta people (pronounced [lakota]; also known as Teton, Thtuwa ("prairie ... The total population of the Sioux (Lakota, Santee, Yankton, and Yanktonai) was .... Today many of the tribes continue to officially call themselves Sioux.
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Native American Names and Meanings Pg 1 - the Nest of Snow Owl  CHOLENA: "bird" CHOSOVI: Hopi : "bluebird." ... KIWIDINOK: Chippewa: "woman of the wind" KOKO: Blackfoot .... OTEKAH: Navajo: "Sun Maiden" (oh-tee-kuh).