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In Navajo religious belief, a chindi (Navajo: chʼį́įdii) is the miasma left behind after a person dies, believed to leave the body with the deceased's last breath.It is everything that was negative about the person’s life; pain, fear, anger, disappointment, dissatisfaction, resentment, and rejection as the "residue that man has been unable to bring into universal harmony". [1]
And the Navajo Nation is just one of many tribes that have taken steps to preserve their history: There are 574 federally recognized tribes in America today, each with its unique language, culture ...
Editha L. Watson in The Navajo Times likewise praised Loh for his sensitivity toward the Navajo people and his storytelling ability. [2] The historian William H. Lyon, by contrast, called the book superficial in its analysis and criticized it for its disorganized, sometimes off-topic historical narrative and lack of citations.
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A menstrual taboo is any social taboo concerned with menstruation. In some societies it involves menstruation being perceived as unclean or embarrassing, inhibiting even the mention of menstruation whether in public (in the media and advertising ) or in private (among friends, in the household, or with men).
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Many tribes of the Southwestern United States, including the Navajo, Apache, and Zuñi, have a taboo against fish and other aquatic animals, including waterfowl. [ 56 ] Additionally, the Blackfoot Confederacy are known to have a taboo against fish in specific, as well as against birds such as the water-fowl, though the fish taboo has been the ...
African historiography is a branch of historiography concerning the African continent, its peoples, nations and variety of written and non-written histories.It has differentiated itself from other continental areas of historiography due to its multidisciplinary nature, as Africa's unique and varied methods of recording history have resulted in a lack of an established set of historical works ...