The Village Believers

Deep in the Pacific Northwest about 35 miles north of a city Bella Bella, there was a small village of the Dzunkwa tribe. It was a quiet little village where they acquired their own cultural traditions and beliefs. The village was made of a native kinship system where people were considered related by blood, by experience, by duel war exploits, and by adoption. The men of the village were great warriors protecting the women and the children of the village. The women were homemakers and they did all of the gardening to raised food. The Dzunkwa’s had one king ruler who gave direction and made the major decisions for the village. King Bukwas was in the prime of his life and he would challenge the young warriors to earn their rank in fighting duals in one’s honor, or to show honor to marry one of the villager’s daughter. Challenges would also be in one’s honor to see who was the strongest, which was the best hunter and the King would also give authority challenges to see how a warrior handled spontaneous decision-making. Once a warrior has proven his rank the head of a wolf was carved on the totem pole meaning he has earned his place in superiority. Each clan identified very strongly with crests and figures carved on their totem pole. The totem poles were established back in earlier times of their great ancestors who once lived with supernatural wolves and it was alleged that

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Verlag: BookRix GmbH & Co. KG

Texte: Debbie Lacy
Bildmaterialien: Debbie Lacy
Lektorat: Debbie Lacy
Tag der Veröffentlichung: 10.06.2013
ISBN: 978-3-7309-3183-7

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