How To Use chieftainship In A Sentence
- It's relevant to note that the main Na'vi characters are voiced by four Black actors: Zoë Saldaña who plays the warrior princess Neytiri; CCH Pounder who plays Mo'at, the Na'vi priestess and Neytiri's mother; Laz Alonso who plays Tsu'Tey, the young warrior prince, Neytiri's betrothed and heir to the chieftainship of the Omaticayas, Neytiri's clan; and Peter Mensah who plays Akwey, leader of a plains clan of Na'vi; as well as Wes Studi, The Avatar Movie from a Black perspective
- In Beckwourth's self-portrait, he amassed so many honors as a Crow warrior that he rose to a chieftainship, rich in wives and ponies, dauntless in battle, and venerated for his wisdom and leadership.
- Maories went wild with excitement when the Bishop presented first the Queen, then the Duke, with a korowai - a ceremonial cloak of fine flax fibre, with black tassles, signifying the highest order of chieftainship.
- In both capacities he actively opposed traditional institutions such as chieftainship, the ancestor cult, the practice of magic, polygyny and bridewealth, that kept tribesmen away from the church. Class & Colour in South Africa 1850-1950
- Through the ages trade has occurred between clans, tribal chieftainships, and kingdoms.
- Some kind of chieftainship seems coeval with the first advance from the state of separate wandering families to that of a nomadic tribe. Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library
- In no case did chieftainship give rise to a caste system.
- The Guarani were horticulturists organized in chieftainships based on extended kinship.
- Furthermore, instilling in these youth the state ideology would transform these "barbarians" into civilized subjects, who in turn would civilize their "barbarian" subjects, since many of these young students came from elite families and many would succeed leaderships within the native chieftainship. Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE)
- In 1433, local people in Nan'an Department appealed to establish native chieftainship. Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE)
