Arapesh
E311052
Arapesh are an indigenous people of Papua New Guinea known for their relatively egalitarian and cooperative social structure, famously discussed in Margaret Mead’s anthropological work.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Arapesh canonical | 3 |
| Arapesh people | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2926595 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Arapesh Context triple: [Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies, examinesSociety, Arapesh]
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Lipan Apache
The Lipan Apache are a Native American people historically associated with the Southern Plains and northern Mexico, known for their nomadic lifestyle, horse culture, and resistance to Spanish and later American expansion.
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Apsáalooke
Apsáalooke is the self-designation of the Crow people, a Native American tribe historically based in the Yellowstone River valley of present-day Montana and Wyoming.
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Nakota
The Nakota are a Native American people of the Northern Plains, closely related to the Dakota and Lakota, with a rich cultural heritage that includes distinct Siouan language dialects, ceremonial traditions, and historical ties to regions of present-day Canada and the United States.
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Blackfoot
The Blackfoot are a Native American people known for their nomadic buffalo-hunting culture, warrior traditions, and historic presence across the northern Great Plains of what is now the United States and Canada.
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Wootonekanuske
Wootonekanuske was a Native American woman known as the wife of Metacomet (King Philip), the Wampanoag leader who led a major resistance against English colonists in 17th-century New England.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Arapesh Target entity description: Arapesh are an indigenous people of Papua New Guinea known for their relatively egalitarian and cooperative social structure, famously discussed in Margaret Mead’s anthropological work.
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A.
Lipan Apache
The Lipan Apache are a Native American people historically associated with the Southern Plains and northern Mexico, known for their nomadic lifestyle, horse culture, and resistance to Spanish and later American expansion.
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B.
Apsáalooke
Apsáalooke is the self-designation of the Crow people, a Native American tribe historically based in the Yellowstone River valley of present-day Montana and Wyoming.
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C.
Nakota
The Nakota are a Native American people of the Northern Plains, closely related to the Dakota and Lakota, with a rich cultural heritage that includes distinct Siouan language dialects, ceremonial traditions, and historical ties to regions of present-day Canada and the United States.
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D.
Blackfoot
The Blackfoot are a Native American people known for their nomadic buffalo-hunting culture, warrior traditions, and historic presence across the northern Great Plains of what is now the United States and Canada.
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E.
Wootonekanuske
Wootonekanuske was a Native American woman known as the wife of Metacomet (King Philip), the Wampanoag leader who led a major resistance against English colonists in 17th-century New England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ethnic group
ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ |
| artForm |
body decoration
ⓘ
carved wooden objects ⓘ ritual masks ⓘ |
| colonialHistory |
contact with German colonial administration
ⓘ
later Australian administration ⓘ |
| continent | Oceania ⓘ |
| country | Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| describedBy | Margaret Mead ⓘ |
| describedIn | Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies ⓘ |
| economy |
small-scale trade
ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ |
| environment |
mountainous terrain
ⓘ
tropical rainforest ⓘ |
| famousCaseStudyIn | cultural anthropology ⓘ |
| genderRoles |
low emphasis on male aggression (in Mead’s account)
ⓘ
relatively complementary gender roles ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| kinshipSystem |
exogamous clans
ⓘ
patrilineal descent ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
East Papuan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Papuan languages
Torricelli languages ⓘ |
| languageStatus | endangered ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
East Sepik Province
ⓘ
Sandaun Province ⓘ |
| marriagePattern |
arranged marriages
ⓘ
bridewealth payments ⓘ |
| neighboringGroup |
Mundugumor
ⓘ
Tchambuli ⓘ |
| populationTrend | declining number of fluent Arapesh speakers ⓘ |
| region | Sepik region ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
traditional animist beliefs ⓘ |
| socialStructure |
cooperative
ⓘ
relatively egalitarian ⓘ |
| speaks |
Abu Arapesh language
ⓘ
Bumbita Arapesh language ⓘ Mountain Arapesh language ⓘ Southern Arapesh language ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
Margaret Mead
ⓘ
Reo Fortune ⓘ |
| traditionalRitual |
male initiation ceremonies
ⓘ
yam fertility rituals ⓘ |
| traditionalSubsistence |
banana cultivation
ⓘ
hunting and gathering ⓘ pig husbandry ⓘ swidden horticulture ⓘ taro cultivation ⓘ yam cultivation ⓘ |
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Subject: Arapesh Description of subject: Arapesh are an indigenous people of Papua New Guinea known for their relatively egalitarian and cooperative social structure, famously discussed in Margaret Mead’s anthropological work.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.