the Tahitians and the Nootka
To Compare these two groups, the Tahitians and the Nootka one must consider that there are considerable similarities but there are certain differences which allow them to be set apart. The Tahitians set themselves apart as evolved and fit the model for intensive farmers as their XXXX allow for XXXX, since it is blessed with the rich soil and adequate rain fall. The Nootka too, are somewhat in the scope but they are still categorized as hunters gatherers. This can be explained in many different ways, the Tahitians climate allows for them to wear less clothing, as it is quite tropical. The Nootka have to go through a chilly North America climate though there is still warm air from Japan. The Nootka land provides them with big game and the XXXX can give them warmth in colder days. This account for some of their hunter instinct. The Tahitians are more focused on cultivating their land which, XXXX rich, is not very XXX as opposed to that of the Nootka. They both cultivate their land to accommodate their needs and fish intensively as a mean of subsistence. Their similarities run way deeper than just these habits based upon the ecological model of culture it will simplify the and also the differences.
For fighting purposes they both had had encounters from groups from neighboring societies, the Nootka take war very seriously and rituals are strictly followed. The Tahitians keep their enemies as slave and hostages. Cannibalism is not practiced but the sacrifices of captives are done in religious rituals. The weaponry is basically the same but the way of going to battle is more planed and rehearsed for the Nootka. Their tools include harpoons and series of hooks and line for fishing. For construction stone drills, wedges and adzes, however the Nootka have hunting weaponry such as bow and arrow, spears and traps for hunting game. They both posses the skill of carpentry, they build houses and make boats and also paper with great skill and workmanship. When it come to cooking and eating the Tahitians men cook for themselves and the women for themselves. The Nootka women usually cook for the family but for elaborate feasts the men do the cooking. Boiling of fish and the cooking of meat except for sell fish, which are eaten raw are some of the similarities of them two. The Tahitians use an earth oven, the Nootka usually bail their fish over an open fire. They both cover the food in leaves to cook it farther. The Nootka use a lot of oil as subsistence for their cooking. The Tahitians eat two meals a day one at anytime in the morning and a heavy dinner at night, which is very ceremonious. The Tahitians have a tradition of giving their child away as way of means of re-distributing population. They have also pr
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Nootka Nootka, XXXXX Nootka, Nootka XXXXXX, Japan Nootka, Tahitians Nootka, Indian XXXXX, North America, Arili Ra, XXXXXX Nootka, cultivate land,
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