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Amhara
A ethnographic report on the Amhara people of Africa.
Andamans
Isolated group of foragers living on the Andaman Islands.
Anthropology Research Guide
A annotated list of resources primarily for conducting bibliographic and Internet research on the ethnographic present.
Aranda
Ethnography and culture history of one of the largest aboriginal groups in central Australia.
Archive of Turkish Oral Narrative
Full-text ethnographic materials from Central Asia in PDF and MP3 formats [English, Turkish]. Features description of the collection and links to related sites.
Aymara
An ethnographic description of a people located mainly on the Bolivian and Peruvian altiplano, centering about Lake Titicaca.
Azande
A report on the Azande pastoralists of Africa.
Backstrap Weaving in Jacaltenango
Features an illustrated description of a woman using the traditional loom in Jacaltenango, Guatemala. In English and Spanish.
Bahia Brazilians
An ethnographic analysis of the inhabitants of the city of Bahia (Salvador), the capital of the state of Bahia in eastern Brazil.
Bemba
A short ethnography on the Bemba of Africa.
Blackfoot
Profile of the Great Plains tribe of the United States and Canada.
Bororo
A ethnographic description of a group of Ge-language speakers, are found in the Mato Grosso region of Brazil.
Bradshaw Foundation: The Unambal
Excerpts from Andreas Lommel's 1938 account of the Unambal people of northwestern Australia, including pictures of Wandjina rock paintings.
Bush Negroes
An ethnographic account of the descendants of Black slaves brought as plantation laborers from Africa to Surinam in northeastern South America.
Cagaba
A group of four Chibchan-speaking tribes located in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, a mountain massif in northern Colombia
Center for the Ethnography of Everyday Life
Cultural anthropologists studying working families in the United States.
Central Thai
Ethnographic report on the people of Central Thailand.
Chukchee
Ethnographic description of a people who live in the extreme northeastern reaches of Siberia, partly within the Arctic Circle.
Copper Eskimo
An ethography of a group of arctic foragers.
CSAC's Ethnographics Gallery
A directory of reports and cultural summaries from the University of Kent.
Cultural Display and the Construction of Ethnic Id
A report that discusses the effects of the spread of independent churches (or "spiritual" churches) that are proliferating across the African continent.
Cultural Profiles Project
An archive of thumbnail sketch ethnographies that provide an overview of life and customs in the profiled country.
Cuna
An ethnolinguistic group located mainly in eastern Panama.
Dogon
A report on the Dogon pastoral society of Uganda.
Dr. H. Otley Beyer Virtual Museum
Features articles, maps, and photographs from the Beyer Collection of Philippine Anthropology.
Ethnographic Research
A description of the Ethnographic Method that includes a discussion of key concepts and a glossary of terms.
Ethnographic Studies Internet Resource Page
A collection of ethnographic resources provided by the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
Ethnography and Health Care
An article describing how ethnography can be used to study the social aspects of health care delivery.
Ganda
A ethnography on a group that lives on the shores of Lake Victoria.
Garo
Ethnography of a agricultural society that lives in the Garo Hills in the state of Meghalaya in northeastern India.
Guarani
An ethnography of a culture in Paraguay whose subsistence was originally based on slash-and-burn agriculture.
Hausa
A ethnography on the Hausa people of Africa.
Highland Scots
An ethnographic report on an isolated and culturally conservative people of the Western Highlands of Scotland.
Hopi
An ethnography of a tribe who live on a reservation of nearly 4,000 square miles in northeastern Arizona.
Iban
Ethnography of a riverine group of rice cultivators inhabiting the interior hill country of Sarawak (Malaysia) and parts of Indonesian Borneo.
Ifugao
Ethnographic summary of a group of indigenous mountain peoples of northern Luzon, in the Philippine Islands.
IPSG Links
A directory of links to native information and resources worldwide provided by the Indigenous Peoples Specialty Group.
Iroquois
An ethnography and ethnohistoric report on the North Eastern United States people.
Kanuri
A report on the dominant ethnic group of Bornu Province in northeastern Nigeria.
Kapauku
Ethnography of a Papuan ethnic group located in the west-central part of the Central Highlands of Western New Guinea (now West Irian).
Khasi
A ethnographic report on a group that lives in northeastern India in the District of the United Khasi and Jaintia Hills.
Klamath
The ethnography of an Native American ethnic group located in southwestern Oregon.
Korea
An ethnographic analysis of the earliest of the present-day nations of the world.
Kurd
An ethnolinguistic group inhabiting the mountainous crescent that extends from the Euphrates River in northern Syria and Turkey to Kermanshah in Iran.
Lapps
An analysis of an ethnolinguistic group inhabiting an area that extends from the Kola Peninsula in northwestern Russia over the northernmost part of Finland to the Arctic coast of Norway, and through Scandinavia.
Last Refuge: Waorani
A photo gallery of the Waorani, a horticultural society Amazonian tribe found in Ecuador. Features short articles and references.
Lau
Ethnography of the people living in Lau or Eastern Archipelago of the Fiji Islands.
Libyan Bedouin
An ethnographic summary of the nomadic and partially sedentarized Bedouin living in the Libyan Desert.
List of Ethnic Units
A directory of links to thumbnail sketch ethnographies of West African cultures.
Lozi
Profile of interrelated ethnic groups located along the Zambezi River in Barotse Province of western Zambia.
Maithil Brahmans: An Online Ethnography
Details from Carolyn Brown Heinz's research in the Mithila region of North India.
Masai
A ethnographic summary of the famous warrior pastoralists of East Africa.
Mataco
An ethnographic report on an Native American ethnic group located in the western part of the Argentine-Bolivian Gran Chaco.
Maya Pages
Provides original cultural material on the Mayan Indians. Contains information of current struggles, menu of topics, and links.
Native Planet NGO
A resource for studying indigenous cultures, Eco-tourism, documentaries, and travel information. Contains volunteer information, aid projects, photos, and stories.
NPS Archeology and Ethnography
Program features on the preservation, conservation, and protection of archaeological sites, collections, and ethnographic resources. Includes issues about traditional peoples, and ethnographic research conducted in the national parks.
Ojibwa
A cultural summary of an American Indian ethnolinguistic group centered about the upper Great Lakes in both Canada and the United States.
Okavango Delta Peoples of Botswana
The Okavango Delta Peoples: their history and culture, and the challenges they face due to rapid economic development and social change.
Ona
A Native American ethnic group formerly occupying most of the large island of Tierra del Fuego.
Pacific Encounters
Ethnographic descriptions and photography of village life in Western Samoa.
Pawnee
A ethnographic report on a Plains Indian ethnic group of the Caddoan linguistic stock.
Peabody Museum-Lewis and Clark
Provides ethnography of Lewis and Clark, Native American objects, and the American quest for commerce, and science.
Peoples and Cultures of the Kingdom of Biffeche
Describes Biffeche Fula (Peulh), Sereer (Ndut), Wolof, Moor, and European peoples and cultural practices in the small Kingdom of Biffeche on the Senegal River between Mauritania and Senegal. Features news and information for visitors.
Pygmies
A ethnographic summary of several various groups of hunter-gatherers of the Ituri Forest of West Africa.
Qurna History Project
Features information on the culture and heritage of the village on the west bank at Luxor, Egypt.
Santal
An ethnography of one of the largest ethnic groups in India.
Serbs
An ethnography and culture history of the Serbian people.
Shluh
A profile of the Shluh who belong to the Masmuda branch of sedentary Berbers inhabiting the Grand-Atlas and Anti-Atlas Mountains.
Silicon Valley Cultures Project
The Silicon Valley Cultures Project is a ten year anthropological study of the identities and cultures of the people living and working in the Silicon Valley region.
Sinhalese
A ethnographic report on the dominant ethnic group of Sri Lanka (Ceylon).
Social Context and the Limits on Symbolic Meanings
A ethnographic report that discusses the symbolism of the Sixth Festival of Pacific Arts held in Rarotonga, The Cook Islands, during October 1992.
Social Organisation, Economy Development
A doctoral student's ethnographic research in a Pakistani village, with weekly updates from the field.
Social Organization and Economy Development
A ethnography of Northern Pakistan that the relationship between social organization, economy and development in an agricultural community.
Somali
A ethnography of this predominantly nomadic pastoralists living in the northern part of the Somali Democratic Republic in northeastern Africa.
Taiwan Hokkien
A cultural summary of the Hokkien-speaking peasant villagers of Taiwan.
Tarahumara
A culture summary of a people who inhabit the Sierra Madre Mountains of the State of Chihuahua in Northwest Mexico.
The Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Provides an ethnographic study by Patty Gray of the Chukotka. Contains map, facts, reindeer research, aid efforts, scientific research, and archive.
The Songs of the Ancestors - A Comparative Study o
Full-text version of the book by Deszo Benedek of the culture of the Yami, a people of Malayo-Polynesian stock living in Taiwan.
The Transforming Leader: A Meta-Ethnographic Analy
The author describes a method to conduct an interpretive synthesis of qualitative research and other secondary sources as a counterpart to meta-analysis for quantitative research.
Tikopia
Ethnography of one of the British Solomon Islands whose culture traditionally subsisted by fishing, collecting, and horticulture.
Tiv
A profile of a African ethnic group that is primarily dependent on agriculture for subsistence.
Tlingit
A ethnographic report on a American Indian people living on the southeastern coast and islands of Alaska
Toradja
A ethnographic analysis of a culture that inhabits the high mountain ranges and interior valleys of Central Celebes Island of Indonesia.
Trobriands
Ethnography of an island culture who traditionally subsisted off fishing and horticulture.
Truk
Ethnography and culture history of a formerly isolated population living on a atoll of the Central Caroline Islands in Micronesia is located in the Pacific Ocean
Tucano
An ethnography of a group of horticulturalists who live in the northwestern Amazon region.
Twi (Ashanti)
A ethnographic report on a African chiefdom.
Tzeltal
A ethnographic analysis of a Native American ethnic group concentrated in the central highlands of the State of Chiapas, Mexico.
West New Britain Web Page
Description of research conducted by Dorothy and David Counts in West New Britain between 1966 and 1985. Features reports and links to related sites.
Wolof
A ethnography of a large ethnic group located mainly in the western part of the former French West African colony of Senegal.
Yakut
The Yakut people live in Siberia in the basin of the Middle Lena River and the Aldan and Vilyuy rivers.
Yanoamo
A tribal society living in Venezuela and Brazil that subsists off hunting and gathering and horticulture.
Yanomamo Reader for HRAF
A ethnography that discusses variation in Yanomamö economic activities at cross-cultural, regional, and individual comparative levels.