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Internet Exercises
| Inupiat Eskimo Culture | | This web site (linked to the Arctic Circle web site) discusses various aspects of Inupiat Eskimo culture in Alaska, including its social and political organization and law. Follow the link to "Beyond Kin: Social and Cultural Life" and locate the section entitled "Law and Social Control." Read this section and compare traditional methods of social control with changes introduced by western colonization, such as more formalized self-government. What are the forms of social control discussed?
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http://borealis.lib.uconn.edu/ArcticCircle/HistoryCulture/Inupiat/
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| Societies of the World | | This website contains a wide variety of information on "tribal" societies of the world. Spend some time reading the site and its various links. Does the site define what "tribal" means and how it is using this term or is it undefined? What do the societies listed in this web site all have in common? In general, how are these cultures represented on this website? Whose are the "voices" who speak for these societies on this web site? An article entitled "Fiji: The Warrior Archipelago" discusses war and warfare in Fiji.
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http://www.tribalsite.com/
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