How does the act of eating reflect Kwakwaka’wakw views of the relationship between birth, life, and death?
a) Through acts of ritual cannibalism.
b) Through the transfer of souls from deceased people to salmon and thence to babies.
c) Through the ritual destruction of the bodies of deceased people.
d) Through special meals prepared at funerals and at births.
ANS: B
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a. syncretism. b. evolution. c. cultural relativism. d. assimilation.
In bands, the leader occupies an official office with coercive control over the members of the community.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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