Among the archipelagic tribes of southern Chile it was predominantly the women who gathered shellfish on the beaches at low tide and who, from bark canoes, dived with a shell blade and a basket held in their teeth. The shellfish gatherers were careful not to exhaust the supply in one area...
The South American Lostbelt (南米異聞帯, Nanbei Ibuntai?), designated Order Lostbelt No. 7 (ロストベルト No. 7?), is one of the seven Lostbelts appearing on the blankened Earth during the Human Order Revision incident. Originating in an unknown period, i
I finished A Dictionary of Mutual Understanding by Jackie Copleton (wonderful – about the aftermath of the Nagasaki bombing) and The Woman in the White Kimono by Ana Johns (about all the mixed-race babies born to Japanese women from American servicemen after WWII). I’ve got plenty of ...
Native American music - South American, Indigenous, Rituals: Music and dance are intertwined among South American Indians, and music is central to native South American healing practices. While each community has its own preferred vocal sound, many South
The Chicora were traditionally a coastal Native American tribe living near Pawley’s Island, South Carolina. They grew corn, tobacco, and beans in their gardens and domesticated animals like deer and chickens. Because of their location, the Chicora may have been some of the first Native Americ...
The only inhabitants of Uruguay before European colonization of the area were various tribes of hunter gatherer native Americans, the most well known being the Charrua Indians, a small tribe driven south by the Guaraní Indians of Paraguay. The name "Uruguay" comes from Guaraní. [source] ...
American Indian womenNational Health and Nutrition Examination SurveyUrinary incontinenceIntroduction and hypothesis The purpose of this pilot study was to evaluate the prevalence and associated risk factors for urinary incontinence in a Northern Plains tribe of American Indian women. Methods The Urogenital ...
Charleston, the capital city of colonial South Carolina, was the only major seaport in the Southern Colonies. The city’s merchants developed regular trade patterns with the West Indies, northern American colonies, Portugal, and England. Charleston developed into one of the major port cities of th...
Participants who were obese (AOR = 1.57; 95%CI 1.12–2.21) as well as those who belonged to the Zulu tribe (AOR = 1.60; 95%CI 1.00–2.54) were more likely to have elevated levels of LDL-C, whereas participants who were on statin therapy (AOR = 0.60; 95%CI 0.37–0.96...