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  • ...onally intended as food, sometimes used as hostages, more often as slaves, and sometimes also [[adopted]] into the victorious tribe. ...structure, to such an extent that their Dinka origin was never mentioned, and their origin was completely undetectable to outsiders.
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  • '''Seminole (Native American) teacher and missionary''' ...hip captain named Bemeau, whose name he took. He became a ship's carpenter and converted to Christianity.
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  • '''Algonquin (Native American) captive and translator''' ...educational and religious material for Native American converts. An island and harbor in
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  • ...es and turned over to white soldiers. He was [[adopted]] by a white couple and sent to a military academy where he was an outstanding student. In 1884 he graduated from divinity school and was ordained an Episcopalian [Anglican] priest in 1889. He returned to his
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  • ...ently believed he was a Native American, always identified himself as one, and registered his son as a Native American on his birth certificate). ...was then raised by a Kiowa stepfather and Cheyenne stepmother. In 1868 he and his stepmother were captured by white soldiers, part of General Custer's tr
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  • Henry Jackson and Pitt River Charley were captured as boys by the Klamath and Modoc people before 1864. They remained with their captors until after the ...s, when they would communicate with the dead, and during these dances song and teachings were revealed to them.
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  • Assiniboine (Native American) captive and warrior leader of the Lakota Sioux ...) and named him Hohay (Jumping Bull). Hohay became devoted to Sitting Bull and when he retired from warfare, Jumping Bull took his place as war leader.
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  • ...Tai May (not a person but a sacred image, part of the Sun Dance religion) and was responsible for unwrapping the image during important rites. He lived t Hirschfelder, Arlene, and Molin, Paulette. [[Encyclopedia]] of Native American Religions: An Introduc
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  • ...Jackson]] and [[Pitt River Charley]] were captured as boys by the Klamath and Modoc people before 1864. They remained with their captors until after the ...s, when they would communicate with the dead, and during these dances song and teachings were revealed to them.
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  • Shenandoah was born a Susquehannock Indian but he was captured during a war and [[adopted]] into the Oneida tribe. He rose to become one of their two param ...war casualty, and in some societies had to become completely acculturated or be killed. Such adoptees were often adults when captured, but could be smal
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  • ...the family estate, his age at the time being variously estimated at eight and 13. ...different culture, speaking a totally different language from his captors, and terrified out of his mind at what had happened to him.
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  • ...n Maharashtra, Bogams in Andhra Pradesh, Jogatis and Basavis in Karnataka, and Thevardiyar in Tamil Nadu) are found all over [[India]]. ...o a devadasi also become devadasi. There are still many thousands of girls and women in devadasi positions.
    2 KB (270 words) - 04:33, 26 February 2018
  • ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas. ...appoint him heir apparent. This parallels similar customs in ancient Rome and during the [[Chinese Qing Dynasty]].
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  • ...i Shivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Sourc ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
    22 KB (3,495 words) - 06:54, 27 February 2018
  • ...i Shivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Sourc ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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  • ...with their main centers in Tokyo and Kyoto. The tradition is centuries old and continues today, although the heyday of the geisha was before World War II. ...or "mother," the proprietress of a geisha or tea house, herself a geisha, or to a middleman who would sell her on. Geisha who have daughters might also
    3 KB (512 words) - 06:06, 28 February 2018
  • ...i Shivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Sourc ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
    22 KB (3,495 words) - 06:31, 28 February 2018
  • ...media.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Meller-Zakomelski.jpg |410x579px|thumb|'''Traditional depiction of Abram Petrovich Gannibal'''<br />Source: Wikipedia.org.}} ...ar, who had him baptized and gave him the names Petrovitch (after himself) and Hannibal (after the African Roman general).
    4 KB (571 words) - 03:36, 24 February 2018
  • ...ving been [[adopted]] or fostered. (The abnormally common death dates 1848 and 1849 are because of a terrible measles epidemic, introduced by white settle ...pted]] by Kaikio'ewa, Governor of Kauai. His brothers, kings Kamehameha IV and V, were also adoptees.
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  • ...few years are a mystery, but he was born near Tokyo, and when he was four or five he was [[adopted]] by a mirror-polisher named Nakajima Ise. There is s ...was in the workshop of Katsukawa Shunsho and Katsukawa's heir until 1792, and then studied with other craftsmen for several more years. He was one of the
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  • ...i Shivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Sourc ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
    22 KB (3,495 words) - 05:38, 1 March 2018
  • ...rashtra, '''Bogams''' in Andhra Pradesh, Jogatis and Basavis in Karnataka, and Thevardiyar in Tamil Nadu) are found all over [[India]]. ...vadasi]] also become [[devadasi]]. There are still many thousands of girls and women in [[devadasi]] positions.
    2 KB (244 words) - 05:51, 1 March 2018
  • ...i Shivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Sourc ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
    22 KB (3,493 words) - 04:20, 3 March 2018
  • ...rashtra, '''Bogams''' in Andhra Pradesh, Jogatis and Basavis in Karnataka, and Thevardiyar in Tamil Nadu) are found all over [[India]]. ...vadasi]] also become [[devadasi]]. There are still many thousands of girls and women in [[devadasi]] positions.
    2 KB (244 words) - 19:55, 3 March 2018
  • ...rashtra, '''Bogams''' in Andhra Pradesh, Jogatis and Basavis in Karnataka, and Thevardiyar in Tamil Nadu) are found all over [[India]]. ...vadasi]] also become [[devadasi]]. There are still many thousands of girls and women in [[devadasi]] positions.
    2 KB (244 words) - 20:03, 3 March 2018
  • ...rashtra, '''Bogams''' in Andhra Pradesh, Jogatis and Basavis in Karnataka, and Thevardiyar in Tamil Nadu) are found all over [[India]]. ...vadasi]] also become [[devadasi]]. There are still many thousands of girls and women in [[devadasi]] positions.
    2 KB (244 words) - 04:12, 5 March 2018
  • ...ia. See the entry for the royal house of Hawai'i, the Kawananakoa dynasty; and also that for the [[Chinese Qing Dynasty|Chinese Qing dynasty]], for an exa ...ra Bora, 1861). [[Adopted]] into the dynasty by Pomare II, king of Tahiti, and married Pomare's daughter 'Aimata.
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  • ...i Shivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Sourc ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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  • ...i Shivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Sourc ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
    22 KB (3,495 words) - 03:23, 5 March 2018
  • ...i Shivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Sourc ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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  • ...her brother and sister, who were captured by the Hidatsa people, enslaved, and became acculturated. ...neau and Sacagawea as guides and interpreters. Sacagawea was then pregnant and gave birth to her first child, Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, at Fort Mandan in
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  • ...i government), and according to custom, the entire family - wife, children and others, at least 14 people in all - committed ritual suicide in shame. ...Siro fell in love with the daughter of Jigoro Kano, master of Kodokam judo and defected to that [[system]]. Saigo senior then chose Masayoshi Sokaku Minam
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  • ...e Black Hawk War (1832) and survived two assassination attempts by the Sac and Fox tribes. ...aubena Grove, [[Illinois]], but local settlers bought him land near Seneca and built him a house, where he spent the rest of his life.
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  • ...y just about every culture which had the opportunity, was powerful enough, and needed the labor slaves could provide. ...cases slavery was degrading psychologically and physically for its victims and morally brutalizing for its practitioners.
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  • ...a party from the Te Arawa tribe, led by Pango. Pango kidnapped Te Waharoa and took him back to the Rorotua area where he was raised. ...e Waharoa took responsibility for the physical safety of the missionaries, and saw that the stations were restored.
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  • ...[Ghana]] (and to a lesser extent, in [[Benin]], [[Nigeria]] and [[Togo]]), traditional religious beliefs have given rise to the practice of trokosi, literally "sl ...rely, a boy) to the shrine as the god's slave. This may be for a few years or permanent, although the is possible for the family to ransom the girl at th
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  • ...er brother, Timon. Bauro reigned for a short time but also had no children and the succession passed to his nephew, Tokatake, but without him being [[adop ...Arirei, the niece and [[adopted]] daughter of the previous uea, Kaiea III, and the birth daughter of Kaiea III's sister, Kinateo. Arirei is the first know
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  • ...i Shivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Sourc ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
    22 KB (3,498 words) - 04:37, 26 February 2018
  • ...i Shivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Sourc ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
    22 KB (3,498 words) - 04:41, 26 February 2018
  • ...i Shivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Sourc ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
    22 KB (3,498 words) - 04:44, 26 February 2018
  • ...i Shivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Sourc ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
    22 KB (3,498 words) - 06:51, 27 February 2018
  • ...i Shivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Sourc ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
    22 KB (3,498 words) - 05:24, 1 March 2018
  • ...i Shivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Sourc ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
    22 KB (3,498 words) - 04:24, 3 March 2018
  • ...i Shivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Sourc ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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  • ...i Shivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Sourc ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
    22 KB (3,498 words) - 00:42, 4 March 2018
  • ...i Shivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Sourc ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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  • ...ill too young to leave his mother. However in 1811 he became Clark's ward, and was educated by him in St. Louis. When he grew up he returned to the fronti ...e joined the [[California]] Gold Rush, but was unsuccessful in prospecting and died on his way to new gold fields in [[Montana]].
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  • Horn Chips was orphaned as a young child and raised by his grandmother. Later he was [[adopted]] by the uncle of [[Crazy ...nowledged as the man who saved traditional Lakota religion from extinction and he trained a number of successors. His family still dominates native religi
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  • ...a department store in Rotorua he was made a ward of court at the age of 10 and put into his grandparents' [[custody]] as a [[Tamaiti Whangai|tamaiti whang ...and civil rights. He was then appointed head of the Iwi Transition Agency, and then chief executive of Te Puni Kokiri, the NZ Ministry of Maori Developmen
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  • ...In 1862, after the [[Minnesota]] Sioux uprising he escaped with his uncle and grandmother into Manitoba, to avoid white reprisals. His father, Many Ligh ...o school in the Dakota Territory. For the next 17 years he attended school and college, eventually graduating from Boston University Medical School.
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