It’s interesting that “the Iroquoian family is one of the few language families in the world that has no bilabial stops (bandpsounds)”; another blow to the idea of universals. Addendum.I ran across what looks like a very interesting book,American Indian Languages: Cultural and Social Cont...
The typical characteristics of a society, such as the economic system, social institutions, cultural products, laws, norms, values, and symbols (e.g., technology, migration, education policy, international relations, and demography) form a major part of the context that dictates the trends in th...
many of North Dakota state facts such as North Dakota state symbols, the state flower, the state gemstone, the state insect, the state tree, the state bird, the state animal, the state flag that flies over North Dakota, and the capital, as well as many more symbols, emblems, and ...
Therefore, these data are more than simple plant names; they are symbols of interest to one of the most prominent naturalists of all time. Through Humboldt’s journey in 1804, we can glimpse a small, yet economically and socially important, portion of the biodiversity of the USA. On the ...
State symbols: tree American elm (1947) bird western meadowlark (1947) song “North Dakota Hymn” (1947) fish northern pike (1969) grass western wheatgrass (1977) fossil teredo petrified wood (1967) beverage milk (1983) state march Spirit of the Land (1975) flower wild prairie rose (1907...
Those who hold to the view that Mesoamerica had a strong influence on the Indians of the desert "have emphasized the occurrence of Mexican items, technology, and iconographic symbols in the Southwest as evidence for a mesoamerican presence in the Southwest," said Foster. "These traits not only...
State symbols: Flower:Dogwood (1941) Tree:Pine (1963) Animal:Gray Squirrel (1969) Bird:Cardinal (1943) Fish:Channel Bass (red drum) (1971) Vegetables:Sweet Potato (1995) Gem:Emerald (1973) Colors:Red and Blue (1945) Song:“The Old North State” (1927) ...
during the Late Woodland period. Mound building at this location began with the Emergent Mississippian cultural period, about the 9th century CE. The inhabitants left no written records beyond symbols on pottery, shell, copper, wood and stone, but the elaborately planned community, woodhenge, mound...
We know why symbols of the Confederacy were originally erected in our cities. They are not just innocent remembrances of a benign history. They were part of a deliberate effort to glorify the history of a movement based on terror and subjugation. For decades, they have stood in our public ...
All of these sources confirm that North American Indians farmed, hunted, and gathered by the sky. They developed calendric techniques to order the sacred and ordinary dimensions of their lives. They timed ceremonies by the sky. They extracted symbols from the sky. They told stories about the ...