Three of the most important symbols for the Huichol are deer, corn (maize) and peyote. In some ways, these three items underline the fact that the Huichol culture has undergone a transition from a lifestyle based on hunting and gathering towards one based on sedentary agriculture. Settlements ...
The form of the speech also presents a somewhat thorny problem. On the surface, it is a simple enumeration of the local groups and their symbols (that is, the portion of the land that is theirs, together with its animals, plants, weather conditions, and so on). The recitation of these...
In this model, the square symbols represent stocks, the double-lined arrows represent flows, and the single-lined arrows represent variables. The model above contains two main flow nodes, namely population (millions) and the number of mining workers (person/year). These dynamic flows interact ...
Symbols Artwork by Rebang Dewan, a Chackma boy from Bangladesh, was chosen as the visual identifier of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. It has also been seen on material to promote the International Day of the World's Indigenous People. It features two ears of green leaves facin...
For this reason, an average Tibetan house usually has seats ascribed to the male god that protects their houses. Every day each father or the man of the house would invoke this god and eventually would burn juniper leaves and wood to placate this god. The woman of the household also has ...
We can destroy with education, with appropriation of images and symbols, and by insisting that our way of living is the one, true way. We destroy while convincing ourselves we are doing anything but. If we do not want this to be our legacy, we have to change. And I don’t mean ...
Our eyes have been drawn away from the heavens to our screens. We no longer look to the sky to forecast the weather, predict the seasons or plant our gardens. Most of us cannot even see the Milky Way. But First Nations Elders of the world still maintain this knowledge, and there is ...
Like her hometown, the namesake designer is a burst of high voltage energy. She finds her inspiration from her years living inLondonand growing up in Lagos, which results in bold prints with an even bolder impact. Graphic bubbles adorn mesh gowns. Abstract stone symbols decorate another. Add ...
Consolidation effect of the in situ bacterial bio-treatments.aPeeling tape test (legend:Mx-treatment,blue lineanddiamondsymbols; M-3P treatment,red lineandtrianglesymbols; Bacterial community self-inoculation bio-treatment,green lineandsquaresymbols).Error barsshow s.d. ( ± 1σ). Drilling res...
Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains - Trade, Crafts, Bison: On the northern Plains men wore a shirt, leggings reaching to the hips, moccasins, and in cold weather, a buffalo robe painted to depict the war deeds of the owner. Among the villagers and so