I need 900 words in lost tribe essay

Instructions

 Write an essay on the lost tribe 

  3 pages double spaced  

It’s not informative essay 

Check about Nukak tribe 

You make an inference and your own conclusion 

Remaining details check outline file 

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Lost Tribe Essay

Making Inferences  

Essay Overview

• You will select a “lost tribe” to write on – tribes/communities who lived without contact with globalized civilization. 

• You will research what data exists on this “lost tribe”.

• From this data (which may be quite limited), you will make inferences (conclusions based on evidence/fact) about the culture of this “lost tribe”.

• You will utilize both your critical thinking and creative skills to recreate who this “lost tribe” was (their culture) and what happened to them (or if they still exist, what you think will lead to their extinction).

• You may NOT write on a tribe in which the cause of their demise is known.

• The purpose of this paper is to make inferences. You are required to draw your own conclusions about what you think happened to this tribe (or will happen to them).

Thesis Statement 

• You must have a clearly stated, one sentence, argumentative thesis statement that states: 

o Your “lost tribe”

o Your main inferences (remember to have a focused scope) about:

 The tribe’s culture

 What caused their extinction / loss of this tribe (your inference, NOT a fact)

o Why your readers should care about your inferences (your conclusions about this “lost tribe”)

• Examples: 

o The Awá are losing their hunting-gathering culture, their fundamental means of survival, due to the invasion of illegal loggers who desire the valuable timber on the tribe's land, which would result in the loss of the diversity of indigenous people, knowledge of rare species, and destruction of their ecosystem in the Amazon forest.

o It is likely that foreign curiosity and lack of immunity to modern diseases will result in the Sentinelese's demise which will ruin the mystique of the Adaman islands as well as execute a group of people whose lifestyles shines symbols of strength and independence. 

o Despite being a well-established colony, Bal Hae, disappeared without any record; therefore, it is probable that a volcanic eruption from Mount Baek Du caused their extinction, which is crucial to examine because the Baek Du mountain is estimated to erupt at any time, and it will adversely affect the whole world. 

o Although the Onge people survived harsh natural conditions, their tribe is on the brink of extinction due to the rapid expansion of logging on their land and the Indian's government’s improper protection measures, which reflects the negative effects of modernization on indigenous people. 

o The Olmec civilization flourished through agricultural practices and trade on the well-watered soil along the Gulf of Mexico but soon met their demise as the land was overused and agriculture became impractical, resulting in internal strife that caused the collapse of their trade systems and echoing warnings against the industrial practices of the modern world. 

Essay Requirements 

 Each body paragraph must start with a topic sentence that tells readers what that paragraph will develop/cover (should pertain to your thesis statement). 

 Each body paragraph should start and end with your thoughts – never research.

 A body paragraph should range between five and eight sentences – it should never be a page in length.

 Not only will you include research in your paper, but you must explain, analyze, and comment on each quote, summary, or paraphrase you incorporate into your essay – your critical thinking!

o AXES:

 Assertions – statements which present points of view.

 eXamples – specific passages, scenes, events, or items which inspire these points of view.

 Explanations – statements which reveal how the examples support and/or complicate the assertions.

 Significance – statements which reveal the importance of the analysis to our personal and/or cultural concerns.

 You will never include research without analyzing it.

 You will always need to show readers how or why your analysis is significant.

 Your conclusion should not merely function as a summary of your entire essay.

 You are required to use proper MLA citation format for both in-text citations and a works cited page. 

 You will not receive credit if you do not follow MLA citation guidelines.

 If you plagiarize ANY part of the essay, you will not receive credit.

 Must include a minimum of 2 acceptable outside sources (NEVER Wikipedia)

o Academic databases for example

 Your final essay must be THREE pages (minimum).

 If you do not meet the length requirement, you will not receive credit. 

 You will upload all drafts and the final paper to turnitin.com.

 Your essay will need to score in the GREEN category to receive credit.

 Formatting: Times New Roman, 12pt. font, double spaced.

o No extra spacing allowed – at the beginning of the essay or between paragraphs

o No headers or footers

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Lost Tribe Essay Sample

Unaware of the existence of the modern world, nine people wander the Gibson desert,

traveling from waterhole to waterhole to survive to the best of their abilities. They have always

done this, for it is the land of their father, and before that, their father’s father. But it belongs to

them no longer. In 1984, the Pintupi Nine stumbled into the 20th Century, coming in contact

with other lost members of their tribe who had formed a community that had “running water,

clothed people, ...a motor car” (Mahony). Quintessentially nomadic people, settling down has

drastically changed the Pintupi lifestyle. The aboriginal Australian Pintupi are becoming

disconnected from their nomadic culture and traditions as a result of contact with Western

civilization, which has brought modernization, making aspects of their culture (such as

Dreaming) less relevant, which will lead to their extinction.

The Pintupi people are traditionally nomadic people and have maintained that lifestyle

throughout their existence. All these years, they have been living as all “Australian Aboriginal

peoples [have] lived for 40,000 years” (Mahony). As nomads, their lifestyle consisted of roaming

the Gibson Desert day-to-day in order to find a potable source of hydration that would allow

them to persevere in the harsh heat of their native territory. Oftentimes, “waterholes in [the] area

are...25 miles apart or more”, with no guarantee of water, in which case the Pintupi would hunt

for goanna (monitor lizards) to drink their blood for a source of moisture instead (Mahony).

Living as hunter-gatherers and wandering the land made the Pintupi deeply intimate and familiar

with their surroundings. This connection with the land existed not only through constant

exposure to the area, but also as a part of Pintupi Dreaming belief.

The Pintupi Dreaming (Tjukurrpa) belief is an essential part of Australian aboriginal

culture. This belief proposes that “Ancestor Spirits came to the earth in human form” to create

the land that the people live on, afterwards becoming objects of the land (“The Dreaming”).

Since the ancestors have always been present in the land, they are vital to much of the spirituality

surrounding Australian aboriginal beliefs. Trekking the local terrain kept the Pintupi in touch with their roots, as “ceremonies, performed by individual clan groups across a large geographic area” retained memories of the stories of old (“The Dreaming”). By being a part of the land that the nomadic Pintupi live on, they are not only “physically” there but also serve as a continuing link between the past and present, connecting pre-existing folk ideology to the actions that the living engages in.

When the “lost” Pintupi Nine decided to settle down with the rest of their tribe members

into a community, parts of their culture were given up. One example of a key part of Pintupi

culture that has likely changed in function is their Dreaming belief. Concerning Dreaming, it is

said that “within Pintupi culture land is a projection into space of stories told and reenacted by

those who reside and pass through it… All that exists (and occurs) is represented as deriving

from this single, unchanging, timeless narrative source” (Myers). Since Dreaming occurred

partly through the necessary traveling done by the Pintupi roving lifestyle, and the Pintupi no

longer have to travel as much, Dreaming has presumably lessened in significance to the Pintupi. This could cause a loss of culture as a result of a disconnection with the Ancestor Spirits.

Forgetting the Ancestor Spirits could mean a distancing from origin and creation legends, both of

which are intrinsic parts of what make a culture. After all, a culture would not exist without their

first ancestors. It may seem counterintuitive for the Pintupi to “lose” culture when they finally

come in contact with other members of their tribe, but as the saying goes, “out with the old, in

with the new”. And to a “lost” tribe, modernization in its entirety is all very new.

As the Pintupi embrace modernization by living in settlements, they will slowly lose what

it means to be “Pintupi”. But what does it take to be Pintupi? As stated above, Pintupi are

traditionally nomadic people. By settling down, this aspect of their culture is eradicated. With

modern technology and a community to rely on, much of what makes up Pintupi culture becomes

irrelevant. Case in point, a large portion of their way of living such as wandering the desert to

find food or searching for sources of hydration are no longer necessary with the now easily

accessible pre-packaged food and running water available. Along with no longer having to hunt

for food, the Pintupi diet has been drastically altered. Going to the store, they are able to “take

flour, tin-meat and sugar”, none of which was previously consumed by them (Mahony). These

alternative sources of nourishment contribute to plaguing the Pintupi community with common

Western illnesses that were non-issues before, such as diabetes and obesity. With all these

changes, what is left of Pintupi culture?

With so much of the old Pintupi culture becoming defunct due to modernization, the

memories that the Pintupi Nine have retained of their ancestors through Dreaming as well as

their extensive knowledge of survival skills is most of what is left of their culture. These skills

allowed them to survive what Australian government hailed as "one of the harshest and

remote places in the world" (Mahony). The Pintupi Nine still treasure these memories, even

though they have left their old lives. This can be seen when one of the lost members of the tribe,

Yukultji, makes a trip out to the land that they previously wandered and “is delighted to come

across a Minkelbar plant - a popular bush plant which acts as a mild sedative” (Mahony). Seeing

this bygone reminder of necessary survival information in the form of a familiar plant, she

comments that that area is “[her] country, [her] home, [her] dreamtime stories, [her] birthplace”

(Mahony). This shows that while the lost tribe may have adopted and adapted to modern

influences, they still recall and hold dear their original culture. Once the last of the Pintupi Nine

die off though, much of this cultural knowledge will be lost.

While the actual Pintupi people have not ethnically been wiped out, they have lost so

much of their culture that they may no longer be representative of what the Pintupi once were. In

this way, they may be considered a dying culture. After all, do the Pintupi truly “exist” as a tribe

anymore without the main parts of their culture to define them? By embracing Western culture

and becoming “more civilized” through acceptance of modernization, the Pintupi will gradually

give up on their own culture (whether they want to or not). Some parts of their culture may

change, such as the function of Dreaming, but other parts, including but not limited to their

survival skills, will perish completely. Times may change a culture, but how much change can a

culture withstand before it becomes unrecognizable or extinct?

Works Cited 

Mahony, Alana. “The Day the Pintupi Nine Entered the Modern World.” BBC News, BBC, 23

Dec. 2014, www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30500591.

Myers, Fred. “The Dreaming: Time and Space.” Columbia.edu, Columbia University,

www.columbia.edu/itc/visualarts/r4100/myers.html. Accessed 18 Mar. 2017.

“The Dreaming.” Australia.gov.au, Australian Government, 1 Apr. 2015,

www.australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/dreaming.