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Across
  1. 2. translation of Yankton Dakota name Aŋpétu Wašté Wiŋ
  2. 3. Anthropologist who went against popular conception in the US that gender roles were biologically determined arguing that American cultural norms were not found cross-culturally
  3. 8. new research strategy that requires anthropologist to do fieldwork by participating in the daily life of a society for an extended period, rather than just doing surveys.
  4. 10. intrigued by the raven transformational masks of this Pacific Northwest tribe, Boas began to collect their Raven creation stories.
  5. 14. similar practices, inventions, etc. that exist among different cultures or peoples are mainly the result of cultural exchange as opposed to isolated invention
  6. 15. The process of learning your culture
  7. 17. interviewed tribal elders, wrote Dakota grammar books, translated ceremonial texts, & wrote the novel ‘Waterlily,
  8. 18. studied Afro-American diaspora religions and vernacular oral traditions.
  9. 20. Theory holding that the culture in which we are raised controls who we are at emotional and behavioral levels (2 words)
Down
  1. 1. Hurston was a key figure of this intellectual and cultural movement of African-Americans.
  2. 4. Theory stating that each element of a society serves a particular function to keep the entire system in equilibrium.
  3. 5. Began with the invention of bow and arrow, according to Morgan (2 words)
  4. 6. Anthropologist who suggested that all cultures evolve through the same sequence of stages
  5. 7. Book recounting an immersive experience and observations of Voodoo culture and spiritual practices in Haiti and Jamaica (1930s).
  6. 9. Anthropologist who found out that Trobriand women had equally important economic roles as men (which was overlooked in past studies) and who developed connect of reflexivity.
  7. 11. Fiction that follows Blue Bird and her daughter through the intricate kinship practices that created unity among her people.
  8. 12. All cultures develop in specific ways because of their unique histories
  9. 13. First advocate of salvage ethnography and 4 field approach. Considered father of the anthropological discipline.
  10. 16. Conceptualized participant observation as the cornerstone of fieldwork, urging anthropologists to stay long periods,and explore commonplace, everyday items and activities of the local life.
  11. 19. intricate system of gift exchanges going in opposite directions to reinforce social relationships and status.