Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Yankton
A brief explanation of Yankton who were one part of the Sioux tribe.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Turkana
"Turkana" is the name given to the pastoral and formerly pastoral people living in the arid and semiarid range lands of northwestern Kenya. The Turkana refer to themselves as "Ngiturkan" and their land as "Eturkan." The Turkana ethnic...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Tuareg
The Tuareg, a seminomadic, Islamic people who speak a Berber language, Tamacheq, live in the contemporary nation-states of Niger, Mali, Algeria, and Libya. They are believed to be descendants of the North African Berbers and to have...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Tswana
Batswana are divided into a number of subgroups or "tribes", There are approximately twenty-five totems, which crosscut "tribal" boundaries. Although Batswana received Christian missionaries in the early nineteenth century and most...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Tsimihety
The term "Tsimihety" usually refers to one of the eighteen or twenty tribes or ethnic groups of the Republic of Madagascar; however, Tsimihety possess neither political unity nor an ideology of unity. They are best described as an...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Zoroastrians
The ethnic identity of this Iranian minority group is derived from their religion, Zoroastrianism. They constitute only 0.18 percent of the Iranian population. The term "Zoroastrian" is taken from the name of their prophet Zarathushtra...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Chuvash
Learn about the culture of the Chuvash people of Russia. Explore topics such as their history, economy, past settlements, cultural values, religion, and sociopolitical organization.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Chukchee
Learn about the culture of the Chukchee people of Russia. Explore topics such as their history, economy, past settlements, cultural values, religion, and sociopolitical organization.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Chechen Ingush
Learn about the culture of the Chechen-Ingush people of Russia. Explore topics such as their history, economy, past settlements, cultural values, religion, and sociopolitical organization.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Carpatho Rusyns Kinship
Learn about the culture of the Carpatho-Rusyn people. Explore topics such as their history, economy, past settlements, cultural values, religion, and sociopolitical organization.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Buriats
Learn about the culture of the Buriat people. Explore topics such as their history, economy, past settlements, cultural values, religion, and sociopolitical organization.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Gagauz Settlements
Learn about the culture of the Gagauz people of Russia. Explore topics such as their history, economy, past settlements, cultural values, religion, and sociopolitical organization.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Evenki (Northern Tungus)
Learn about the culture of the Evenki (Northern Tungus) people of Russia. Explore topics such as their history, economy, past settlements, cultural values, religion, and sociopolitical organization.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Even
Learn about the culture of the Even people of Russia. Explore topics such as their history, economy, past settlements, cultural values, religion, and sociopolitical organization.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Estonians Settlements
Learn about the culture of the Estonian people. Explore topics such as their history, economy, past settlements, cultural values, religion, and sociopolitical organization.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Dungans
Learn about the culture of the Dungan people of Russia. Explore topics such as their history, economy, past settlements, cultural values, religion, and sociopolitical organization.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Don Cossacks Kinship
Learn about the culture of the Don Cossack people of Russia. Explore topics such as their history, economy, past settlements, cultural values, religion, and sociopolitical organization.
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Countries and Their Cultures: Dolgan
Learn about the culture of the Dolgan people of Russia. Explore topics such as their history, economy, past settlements, cultural values, religion, and sociopolitical organization.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Dargins
Learn about the culture of the Dargin people of Russia. Explore topics such as their history, economy, past settlements, cultural values, religion, and sociopolitical organization.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Crimean Tatars
Learn about the culture of the Crimean Tatar people. Explore topics such as their history, economy, past settlements, cultural values, religion, and sociopolitical organization.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Circassians
Learn about the culture of the Circassian people. Explore topics such as their history, economy, past settlements, cultural values, religion, and sociopolitical organization.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Chuvans
Learn about the culture of the Chuvan people of Russia. Explore topics such as their history, economy, past settlements, cultural values, religion, and sociopolitical organization.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Shona
The Shona-speaking peoples comprise about 80 percent of the population of Zimbabwe, with significant groups in Mozambique. Most of what follows applies to the Shona in Zimbabwe, who have been extensively studied. There are now around...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Somalis
The Muslim Somalis of the Horn of Africa speak the Somali language and live in the Somali Democratic Republic (Somalia). There are also substantial numbers of Somalis in neighboring countries: the southern half of Djibouti, the eastern...