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  2. Tribal Heart - Wikipedia

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    Tribal Heart is a compilation album of music from the South Pacific. It was coordinated by Denis Gonzalez [1] and released in Australia by AIM Records in 1994. It was nominated for a 1995 ARIA Award for Best World Music Album .

  3. Native Americans in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This gave tribal members most of the protections against abuses by tribal governments that the Bill of Rights accords to all U.S. citizens with respect to the federal government. [179] In 1975, the U.S. government passed the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act , marking the culmination of fifteen years of policy changes.

  4. Trail of Tears - Wikipedia

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    60,000 Indigenous Americans forcibly relocated to Indian Territory. The Trail of Tears was the forced displacement of approximately 60,000 people of the "Five Civilized Tribes" between 1830 and 1850, and the additional thousands of Native Americans within that were ethnically cleansed by the United States government.

  5. Human sacrifice in Aztec culture - Wikipedia

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    The most common form of human sacrifice was heart-extraction. The Aztec believed that the heart ( tona) was both the seat of the individual and a fragment of the Sun's heat ( istli ). The chacmool was a very important religious tool used during sacrifices. The cut was made in the abdomen and went through the diaphragm.

  6. Cherokee spiritual beliefs - Wikipedia

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    Signs, visions, and dreams. The Cherokee traditionally hold that signs, visions, dreams, and powers are all gifts of the spirits, and that the world of humans and the world of the spirits are intertwined, with the spirit world and presiding over both. Spiritual beings can come in the form of animal or human and are considered a part of daily life.

  7. Health of Native Americans in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The leading causes of death by percentage for Native Americans and Alaska Natives for 2005. Heart disease accounted for 25% of deaths, cancer 22%, accidents 19%, diabetes 7%, liver disease 6%, suicide 6%, respiratory diseases 6%, stroke 4%, homicide 3%, and influenza and pneumonia 3%. Native Americans share many of the same health concerns as ...

  8. Muscogee Nation - Wikipedia

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    Muscogee Nation. The Muscogee Nation, or Muscogee (Creek) Nation, [ 3] is a federally recognized Native American tribe based in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The nation descends from the historic Muscogee Confederacy, a large group of indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands. Official languages include Muscogee, Yuchi, Natchez, Alabama ...

  9. Human cannibalism - Wikipedia

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    Human cannibalism is the act or practice of humans eating the flesh or internal organs of other human beings. A person who practices cannibalism is called a cannibal. The meaning of "cannibalism" has been extended into zoology to describe animals consuming parts of individuals of the same species as food.