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... MEASUREMENT
CONVERSIONS
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You
Know
Multiply
By
To
Find
LENGTH
inches
2.54
centimeters
feet
30
centimeters
yards
0.9
meters
miles
1.6
kilometers
millimeters
0.04
inches
centimeters
0.4
inches
meters
3.3
feet
meters
1.1
yards
kilometers
0.6
miles
AREA
square
feet
0.09
square
meters
square
yards
0.8
square
meters
square
miles
2.6
square
kilometers
acres
0.4
hectares
hectares
2.5
acres
square...
Encyclopedia of World CulturesVolume I - NORTH AMERICA - A pps
... province
of
Quebec
has
influenced
the
spoken
language,
whereas
isolated
areas
such
as
Cheticamp,
on
Cape
Breton
Island,
Nova
Scotia,
have
maintained
a
more
archaic
form
of
speech.
In
the
Moncton
area,
constant
intermingling
between
Acadians
and
English
speakers
has
spawned
a
hybrid
form
of
speech,
known
as
Chiac.
In
French-language
schools,
modem
standard
French
is
taught,
and
stude...
Encyclopedia of World CulturesVolume I - NORTH AMERICA - B potx
... eastern
seaboard
in
Canada.
Basques
are
present
in
every
state
of
< /b> the
United
States
but
are
concentrated
in
California,
Idaho,
and
Nevada.
Basques
are
particularly
noted
for
an
identification
with
sheepherding
and
are
therefore
present
to
some
degree
in
the
open-range
livestock
districts
of
< /b> all
thirteen
states
of
< /b> the
American
West.
Florida,
New
York,
and
Connecticut
ha...
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... one's
heritage
and
efforts
to
preserve
some
tradi-
tional
beliefs
and
practices.
In
1968
Lousiana
created
the
Council
for
the
Development
of
French
in
Louisiana
(CODOFIL)
as
a
mechanism
to
encourage
the
teaching
of
French
in
public
schools.
Because
of
conflicts
over
which
French
to
teach-standard
French
or
Cajun
French-the
program
has
not
been
a
total
success,
though
many
Cajun
chi...
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... the
country,
include
over
25,000
members.
The
two
largest
are
the
Delaware
Tribe
of
Western
Oklahoma
and
the
Delaware
Tribe
of
Indians,
living
in
northeastern
Oklahoma.
Linguistic
Affiliation.
The
languages
of
the
three
cultures
called
Delaware
are
included
within
the
Eastern
Algonkian
family.
The
Lenape
and
the
"Jerseys"
spoke
dialects
of
the
same
language,
while
the
Munsee...
Encyclopedia of World CulturesVolume I - NORTH AMERICA - E ppsx
... few
farming
communities
formed
in
central
California,
Louisiana,
Illinois,
and
Arkansas.
But
the
Italian
immigrants
were
mostly
an
urban
group,
with
at
least
85
percent
settling
in
cities.
Italy
became
a
unified
nation
only
in
1870;
thus
Italian
immigrants
generally
felt
only
a
weak
identity
with
Italy
and
lacked
an
overarching
cultural
tradition
typical
of
other
im-
migrant
groups.
This
le...
Encyclopedia of World CulturesVolume I - NORTH AMERICA - F,G pdf
... with
a
mem-
ber
of
the
spouse's
lineage;
failure
to
do
so
brought
retribu-
tion
from
the
women
of
the
offended
lineage
in
the
form
of
the
destruction
of
the
offender's
property.
Domestic
Unit.
Each
household
consisted
of
an
extended
family
of
between
five
and
thirty
persons.
Each
extended
fam-
ily
constituted
an
economic
unit
whose
members
cooperated
in
hunting
and
agric...
Encyclopedia of World CulturesVolume I - NORTH AMERICA - H doc
... of
Georgian
Bay
in
present-day
Ontario,
Canada.
At
that
time
they
numbered
about
thirty
thousand,
but
following
smallpox
epidemics
in
the
1630s
were
reduced
to
about
ten
thousand
by
1639.
In
1648
and
1649
the
Huron
confederacy
was
destroyed
by
the
Iroquois
in
a
war
for
control
of
the
fur
trade.
After
their
defeat
the
Huron
dispersed,
with
some
joining
other
tribes
or
being
adopted
by
the...
Encyclopedia of World CulturesVolume I - NORTH AMERICA - I docx
... had
the
power
to
recall
or
"dehom"
a
chief
who
failed
to
represent
the
interests
of
his
people.
Theoretically,
each
sachem
was
equal
to
the
others
in
power,
but
in
practice
those
with
better
oratorical
skills
wielded
greater
influence.
After
the
confederacy
had
been
functioning
for
a
period
of
time
a
new,
nonhereditary
office
of
pine
tree
chief
was
created
to
provide
local
lea...
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... degree
to
which
members
of
each
are
assimilated
into
North
American
society.
Other
categories
of
Jews
based
on
degree
of
religiousness
include
Hasidic
(ultra-Orthodox)
Jews,
Reconstructionalists,
and
"Civil"
Jews.
As
mentioned
above,
Jews
arrived
in
North
America
in
waves,
largely
from
European
nations
and
these
places
of
an-
cestry
are
used
to
delineate
one
Jew
or
gro...
Encyclopedia of World CulturesVolume I - NORTH AMERICA - K docx
... as
a
stringently
selec-
tive
acceptance
of
outside
cultural
elements
and
a
rejection
of
outside
interference
by
non-Kickapoo.
On
a
continuum,
the
Kansas
Kickapoo
are
at
the
progressive
end,
the
Mexican
Kickapoo
at
the
conservative
end,
and
the
Oklahoma
Kick-
apoo
in
between.
It
is
important
to
note
that
the
Kickapoo
identity
is
so
strong
that,
except
for
disputes
between
individ-
uals,
th...
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... in
Los
Angeles
(Mexicans
and
Central
Americans),
New
York
(Puerto
Ricans
and
Do-
minicans),
and
Miami
(Cubans).
Speaking
Spanish
has
also
resulted
at
times
in
negative
personal
and
group
experiences,
for
it
has
been
used
by
outsiders
to
stigmatize
many
people
because
they
are
different.
History
and
Cultural
Relations
Mexicans
can
trace
their
roots
to
settlements
in
what
is
now
the
southwester...
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... as
community
health
representatives
who
offer
in-home
services
and
training.
Additionally,
people
use
traditional
medicine
and
blessing
dancers
and
singers.
Death
and
Afterlife.
The
world
of
humans
is
the
world
of
illusion
and
shadow;
reality
resides
in
the
other
world
of
Power
and
Creator.
Upon
death
a
soul
remains
close
to
home
for
four
days;
if
a
proper
funeral
and
burial
is
he...
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... 250
Nabesna
Nabesna
The
Nabesna
(Nebesnatana,
Upper
Tanana),
an
Athapaskan-
speaking
group,
live
in
the
basins
of
the
Nabesna
and
Chitana
rivers
in
southeastern
Alaska.
See
Tanana
Bibliography
Guidon,
Marie-Francoise
(1981).
'UpperTanana
River
Pot-
latch."
In
Handbook
of
North
American
Indians.
Vol.
6,
Sub-
arctic,
edited
by
June
Helm,
57 7-5 81.
Washington,
D.C.:
Smithsonia...
Encyclopedia of World CulturesVolume I - NORTH AMERICA - T potx
... nearby
villages
with
ties
based
on
mar-
riage,
presence
of
the
same
clans,
and
trade.
Social
Control.
The
leading
richmen
of
a
village
acted
as
authorities.
Gossip
was
and
still
is
one
of
the
most
effective
means
of
social
control.
Ostracism,
revenge
killing,
beating,
or
paying
wergild
(compensation)
could
be
used
if
lesser
mea-
sures
failed.
If
harm
occurred
within
a
clan
or
moiety,...
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