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Books on: aboriginal tribes

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Visions from the Past: The Archaeology of Australian Aboriginal Art

Book by M. J. Morwood, D. R. Hobbs; Allen & Unwin, 2003

Subjects:

Art, Aboriginal Australian, Australia--Antiquities, Rock Paintings--Australia

Collections: History, Entire Library

"Aboriginal rock art: a vast gallery, the work of 1500 generations. The island continent of Australia contains the largest continuous record of human artistic expression in history. Here is a beautifully illustrated and comprehensive introduction to this ancient art and its archaeology from Mike ...
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"Aboriginal rock art: a vast gallery, the work of 1500 generations. The island continent of Australia contains the largest continuous record of human artistic expression in history. Here is a beautifully illustrated and comprehensive introduction to this ancient art and its archaeology from Mike Morwood, an experienced and respected authority."
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Words and Silences: Aboriginal Women, Politics and Land

Book by Peggy Brock; Allen & Unwin, 2001

Subjects:

Australian Aborigines--Government Relations, Australian Aborigines--Land Tenure, Women, Australian Aboriginal--Land Tenure

Collections: History, Entire Library

A fascinating investigation into how Aboriginal women communicate their knowledge to gain a public voice and recognition of their rights to land.
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The Southern Indians: The Story of the Civilized Tribes before Removal

Book by R. S. Cotterill; University of Oklahoma Press, 1954

Subjects:

Five Civilized Tribes, Indians Of North America--Southern States

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Occaneechee Path through the Siouan tribes of North Carolina, the Natchez...article and John R. Swantons "Aboriginal Culture of the Southeast...War in 1702, the four great tribes of the South found themselves...whose ambition was to see both tribes ____________________ 10...
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Where the Ancestors Walked: Australia as an Aboriginal Landscape

Book by Philip Clarke; Allen & Unwin, 2003

Subjects:

Australian Aborigines, Australian Aborigines--Antiquities, Australian Aborigines--Religion

Collections: History, Entire Library

This work delves into the exciting story of one of the oldest continuous civilizations on earth. Beginning with the complexities of early human colonization and continuing through later European resettlement, the history of Australia's native people is told in a wide-ranging and sympathetic fashion ...
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This work delves into the exciting story of one of the oldest continuous civilizations on earth. Beginning with the complexities of early human colonization and continuing through later European resettlement, the history of Australia's native people is told in a wide-ranging and sympathetic fashion. Drawing on research from anthropology, cultural geography, and environmental studies, the intricate and changing ways in which aborigines and white settlers have related to each other is discussed and the origins of aboriginal art, medicine, and music are chronicled.
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Aboriginal Australians: Black Responses to White Dominance, 1788-2001

Book by Richard Broome; Allen & Unwin, 2002

Subjects:

Australia--Colonization--History, Australia--Race Relations, Australian Aborigines--Social Conditions, Race Discrimination--Australia

Collections: History, Entire Library

"Aboriginal Australians is a powerful, comprehensive history of black-white encounters in Australia since colonisation, tracing the continuing Aboriginal struggle to move from the margins of colonial society to a more central place in modern Australia. Fully updated, it remains the only concise and ...
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"Aboriginal Australians is a powerful, comprehensive history of black-white encounters in Australia since colonisation, tracing the continuing Aboriginal struggle to move from the margins of colonial society to a more central place in modern Australia. Fully updated, it remains the only concise and up-to-date survey of Aboriginal history since 1788."
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Journal Articles on: aboriginal tribes

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Visual Knowledge: Spencer and Gillen's Use of Photography in the Native Tribes of Central Australia

Journal article by Nicolas Peterson; Australian Aboriginal Studies, Vol. 2006, 2006

Subjects:

Aboriginal Australians--Portrayals, Aboriginal Australians--Social aspects, Australian aborigines--Portrayals, Australian aborigines--Social aspects, Ethnologists--Works, Oral communication--Analysis, Photography--Analysis, Photography--Usage

Collections: Entire Library

...Abstract: The native tribes of Central Australia...showed them to the Aboriginal men from time to...Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal persons to the present...them? The native tribes of Central Australia...record films of Aboriginal mens secret ceremonies...Photographs in The native tribes of...
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A Man of All Tribes: The Life of Alick Jakomos

Journal article by Bruce Pascoe; Australian Aboriginal Studies, Vol. 2007, 2007

Subjects:

A Man of All Tribes: The Life of Alick Jakomos (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...Bruce Pascoe A Man of All Tribes: The life of Alick Jakomos...Broome and Corinne Manning 2006 Aboriginal Studies Press, 2006, xiv+298pp...wouldnt have known. A Man of All Tribes is a wonderful book. At times...detail about the Department of Aboriginal Affairs but these few chapters...
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New Titles

Journal article; Australian Aboriginal Studies, Vol. 2006, 2006

Subjects:

A Man of All Tribes: The Life of Alick Jackomos (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews, Compromised Jurisprudence: Native Title Cases Since Mabo (Book)--Book reviews, Rob Riley: An Aboriginal Leader's Quest for Justice (Book)--Book reviews, The Social Archaeology of Australian Indigenous Societies (Book)--Book reviews, Writing Never Arrives Naked: Early Aboriginal Writing in Australia (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...Harry Lourandos. A Man of All Tribes: The life of Alick Jackomos...RRP $39.95, pb BIOGRAPHY / ABORIGINAL STUDIES To share the life...Greek, he devoted his life to Aboriginal advancement, bringing sense...Professor Colin Tatz Rob Riley: An Aboriginal Leaders Quest for Justice...
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Transitional Traditions: 'Port Essington' Bark-Paintings and the European Discovery of Aboriginal Aesthetics

Journal article by Paul S.C. Tacon, Susan M. Davies; Australian Aboriginal Studies, Vol. 2004, 2004

Subjects:

Art, Australian (Aboriginal)--Collections and collecting, Art, Australian (Aboriginal)--Criticism and interpretation, Australian aboriginal art--Collections and collecting, Australian aboriginal art--Criticism and interpretation

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...Earl, GW 1846, On the Aboriginal tribes of the northern coast...WB 1914, The native tribes of the Northern Territory...investigation into the Aboriginal, European and Macassan...6. Tindale, NB 1974, Aboriginal tribes of Australia: their...
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Shoes of Invisibility and Invisible Shoes: Australian Hunters and Gatherers and Ideas on the Origins of Footwear

Journal article by Kim Akerman; Australian Aboriginal Studies, Vol. 2005, 2005

Subjects:

Aboriginal Australians, Australian aborigines, Footwear, Hunters--Clothing, Trappers--Clothing

Collections: Entire Library

...John West (1852:85) wrote: The tribes to the westward were the finer...Davidsons 1947 survey of footwear in Aboriginal Australia did not refer to the...1901, Ethnological notes on the Aboriginal tribes of the Northern Territory, Queensland...

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Magazine Articles on: aboriginal tribes

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Standing Up for Tomorrow's Tribes: With Germaine Greer Proposing That Australians Reassess Their Perceptions of Aboriginal Rights and Identity in Her Controversial New Book Whitefella Jump Up, the Director of Survival International Stephen Corry Outlines the Situation Faced by Indigenous Peoples around the World

Magazine article by Stephen Corry; Geographical, Vol. 76, September 2004

Subjects:

Indigenous peoples--Civil rights, Indigenous peoples--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...Up for Tomorrows Tribes: With Germaine Greer...Their Perceptions of Aboriginal Rights and Identity...from the larger tribes. A similar movement...the same time, the Aboriginal Land Councils in...dozens of Bushman tribes with similar brutality...the 1960s, while Aboriginals in Australia and...
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Aboriginal People and Imperialism in the Western Hemisphere

Magazine article by Rozanne Dunbar Ortiz; Monthly Review, Vol. 44, September 1992

Subjects:

Colonization--Demographic aspects, Columbus Quincentenary, 1992--Public opinion, Native Americans, Native North Americans, United States history, 1600-1775 (Colonial period), United States history--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Collections: Entire Library

...populations. Diminished were aboriginal social structures, social...scattered "hunting and gathering tribes" were present, and that they...nature of the precolonial aboriginal population, nobody doubts...inherently genocidal. The aboriginal peoples of the Western hemisphere...
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Saving the Last Tribes: Isolated and Remote in the Bay of Bengal, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Are a Paradise Once Inhabited Only by Little-Known Tribes. but Encroachment by Expansionist Nations Has Brought Destruction, Disease and the Threat of Extinction to the Indigenous People

Magazine article by Corinne Hitching; Geographical, Vol. 75, September 2003

Subjects:

Andaman Islands--Demographic aspects, Andaman Islands--Environmental aspects, Andaman Islands--History, Nicobar Islands--Demographic aspects, Nicobar Islands--Environmental aspects, Nicobar Islands--History

Collections: Entire Library

...they have faced increasing pressure upon their land and resources, despite the Andaman and Nicobar Protection of Aboriginal Tribes Regulation of 1957, which gave the entire island the status of a tribal reserve. In 1965, the Indian government...
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A Marriage of Convenience: Taiwan's Indigenous Peoples Face an Uncertain Future as Young People Increasingly Desert Their Villages in Search of Work and a More Modern Lifestyle in the Cities. but, as Nick Haslam Discovers, One Tribe Has Found a Unique Way of Ensuring Its Cultural Practices and Traditions Maintain a High Profile

Magazine article by Nick Haslam; Geographical, Vol. 80, March 2008

Subjects:

Indigenous peoples--Social aspects, Modernization--Influence, Taiwan--Social aspects, Tribes--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...visit a traditional wedding of the Rukai aboriginal people, who live in the mountainous area...indigenous people in Taiwan, divided among 13 tribes. Forming just over two per cent of the...one of the largest on the island. We aboriginal people have a lower life expectancy and...
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Are You a Native? Carina Ray Trudges through the Archives and Finds the Colonial Definition of Who Was a "Native" Very Interesting. Each British Colonial Government in Africa Strategically Defined "Native" According to Its Own Specific Set of Local Circumstances and Interests

Magazine article by Carina Ray; New African, April 2006

Subjects:

Indigenous peoples--Terminology

Collections: Entire Library

...Zambia): "... any member of the aboriginal tribes or races of Africa and includes...Zimbabwe): "... any member of the aboriginal tribes or races of Africa or any person having the blood of such tribes or races and living among and...

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Newspaper Articles on: aboriginal tribes

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Attraction Benefits Aborigines

Newspaper article by Kathy Rodeghier; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January 1, 2006

Subjects:

Indigenous peoples

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...members of local tribes attain a better life. Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park comprises...the story of the tribes spiritual beginnings...schools to both Aboriginal and white students...the hundreds of Aboriginal tribes and family clans...
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NHS 'Should Use Maggots to Treat Patients'

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), March 1, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...and improve outcomes for patients." There are reports of maggots being used to heal wounds by Mayan Indians and aboriginal tribes in Australia. The first verified therapeutic use of maggots was during the American Civil War in the mid-19th century...
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A Strange, Fragile Land; Contradictions Part of Australia's Appeal

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 4, 2002

Subjects:

Australia

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Northern Territory are owned by Aboriginal tribes, which acquired the land after...includes a morning stay at an Aboriginal camp with a guide who explains...who were taken away from their tribes and provided with English schooling...
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CLARE MCKEON: SEA OF HORROR; I'm Very Lucky I Changed Plans

Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), January 2, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...no one believed them. The only living beings that managed to escape the disaster areas were animals and some of aboriginal tribes, who used their sixth sense to move to higher ground. Some tourists, on the other hand, rushed closer to get a better...
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Holidays: Charmed by Snake Alley; TAIWAN SHOWS WHICH ATTRACT VISITORS FROM FAR AND WIDE

Newspaper article; Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England), January 13, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...best bits isnt going to take you long. Within only 10 days or so, you can wonder at paddy fields, meet traditional aboriginal tribes and stay at a monastery. Take the night markets in Taipei, and every other town and city in Taiwan for that matter...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: aboriginal tribes

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California, Gulf Of

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...greatest depth is c.8,500 ft (2,590 m). The coastline is irregular, with numerous islands; Tiburon, inhabited by aboriginal tribes, is the largest. Storms and tidal currents hinder navigation in the gulf. Once a rich commercial and sport fishing...
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Yunnan

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...ancient times the Chinese invaders gradually pushed the aboriginal tribes into mountain localities, where today, retaining their...Lolo, Lao, Shan, Thai, and Lisu are some of the larger tribes; there is also a considerable Tibetan minority. Yunnan...
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Chorotega

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

CHOROTEGA chorota ga, aboriginal people and language group of Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica...the Ulua River valley and the Mosquito Coast . With other tribes to the south and the Chibcha of Colombia, they formed a cultural...
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Native American Languages

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...is thought that the numerous aboriginal tongues showing polysynthesism...stocks; in historical times, tribes speaking its languages extended...Salishan and Wakashan. Among the tribes speaking Salishan languages...Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. Tribes speaking Wakashan languages...
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Berbers

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

BERBERS aboriginal Caucasoid peoples of N Africa, called Imazighen in the Tamazight language...withdrew to Egypt, N Africa was plunged into an anarchy of warring Berber tribes that ended only when the Berber dynasties, the Almoravids and the...

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