Name the Society

AmishOperate own schools

Do not educate past 8th grade because only need basic knowledge to prepare for Amish lifestyle

Reject pride and arrogance

Value humility, calmness and composure

Emphasize church and family

Only marry those in the faith

New settlements are formed to gain farmland

Dhangar

Produce poetry known as ovi inspired by forests and pastures where they graze their flocks

Perform Dhangari Gaja dance

Socially isolated due to wandering lifestyle

Location: Indian state of Maharashtra

Warriors, shepherds, cowherders, buffalo keepers, blanket and wool weavers

Hadza Location: North Central Tanzania

Just under 1000

Organize into bands of 20-30 – may grow to 100 in berry season

Language is unrelated to any other

Follow traditions and methods of ancestors

No government hierarchy

Value hard work

Attempts made by colonial gov’t to force them to adopt farming and Christianity

Men forage individually and bring home honey, fruit, and field game when available

Women forage in groups for fruit

SpinefexLocation: Australia – Great Victorian Desert

Little direct contact with people since settlers felt land was not suited for agriculture

Received recognition of their native title land rights in 2000 - claim to land made by 21 families

Atomic testing on land in the 50s - leaflets dropped informing them to stay away but could not read - believe that 40 Spinefex were hunting in a testing area

Malawi

Homes of stick and mud90% of exports are agriculturalGrows enough food to feed its citizensEven homes in city have small plots of land for corn

Land is public domain – settle, build, and grow with neighbors approval

Women have 5-6 children – only ½ survive past 5 yrs old

Gardens where fruits and vegetables are harvested is the main source of income

Arranged marriages

Larger women favored because strong enough to work in fields and shows family can pay high dowry

Dowries in form of livestock given to husbands by bride’s family

Those living in cities return home during harvest

Berber

Grain Storage

Location: North Africa – West of the Nile Valley

Leader is appointed to command the tribe

Food: couscous, Pastilla (meat pie

Men take care of livestock

Women take care of family and handicrafts

Migrate following natural cycle of grazing to seek water and shelter

Kikuyu• Location: Kenya• Name first boy after

paternal grandfather• Name second boy after

maternal grandfather• Live on small family plots• Grow bananas,

sugarcane, yams, beans, and maize

• Boys work with animals• Girls raised to take care of

farming

Enawene Nawe• Location: Amazon• 566 people• Isolated• Do not eat red meat• Live in large communal

houses• Famous for fishing techniques

– Camp in forests for months to catch and smoke fish before returning them to village in canoes

• Grow corn in gardens

Zimbabwe• Southern part of Africa • Semi-presidential

government with parliamentary system

• Plows, oxcarts, cultivators and planters

• Key crop is corn• 85% Christian • 37 year life expectancy

for men and 34 years for women

Maasai• ½ million people• Most in Southern Kenya• Semi-nomadic• Land arranged in kraals that

have fences made of acacia bush built around them to protect cattle from lions

• Movement of livestock based on seasonal rotation

• Reserve pastures are guarded by warriors

• Cattle, goats, and sheep are primary source of income