Who was Red Cloud?
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Who was Red Cloud?

Red Cloud was a chief of the Oglala Lakota tribe. He is best known for his success in confrontations with the U.S. government.

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Long Hair in Native American Culture
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Long Hair in Native American Culture

Many cultures around the world, from Native Americans to Sikhs, believe that hair has a special significance. Cultural beliefs about our hair and how it can affect us go back as far as recorded history. Many ancient cultures believed there is power in uncut hair.

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Blackfeet Nation
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Blackfeet Nation

Blackfeet are descended from tribes known as the Blackfeet (Siksika), Kainah or Bloods, and Piegans, all of Algonquin linguistic stock.

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Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate
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Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate

The Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate consists of the Sisseton, or People of the Marsh or People of the Fish Village/Peninsula, and the Wahpeton, or People on Lake Traverse or People Among the Leaves/Leaf Shooters.

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Who is Nanaia Mahuta?
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Who is Nanaia Mahuta?

Nanaia Mahuta's appointment as the Foreign Minister in the new cabinet stunned even the political insiders but a closer look at her 24 years in parliament reveal her to be a person of depth and ambition with a record of quiet achievement.

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An Introduction to Traditional Iranian Clothing
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An Introduction to Traditional Iranian Clothing

With the huge variety of traditional Iranian clothing, from uniquely shaped hats and headdresses designed to trick invaders to eye-catching colour combinations worthy of a catwalk, here we explore the traditional dress of some of Iran’s most extraordinary tribes.

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The Story of Chief Joseph
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The Story of Chief Joseph

Chief Joseph was a Nez Perce chief who, faced with settlement by whites of tribal lands in Oregon, led his followers in a dramatic effort to escape to Canada.

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Magyar Tribes
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Magyar Tribes

The Magyar tribes or Hungarian clans were the fundamental political units within whose framework the Hungarians (Magyars) lived, until these clans from the region of the Ural Mountains invaded the Carpathian Basin in the late 9th century (the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin) and subsequently established the Principality of Hungary.

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What You Should Know About the Creole Language
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What You Should Know About the Creole Language

In linguistics, a creole is a type of natural language that developed historically from a pidgin and came into existence at a fairly precise point in time. English creoles are spoken by some of the people in Jamaica, Sierra Leone, Cameroon, and parts of Georgia and South Carolina.

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The Indigenous Colour of India
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The Indigenous Colour of India

What draws India closer to an obscure and indifferent picture are the indigenous tribes. Far from the contemporary trend and economical development, they own their personal identity as Adivasi having their own language, religion, festivals, cuisine, dance and music. With such an enigmatic culture and hospitality they also significantly hold a contrasting patriarchal and matriarchal society.

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