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Totem

A totem (from Ojibwe: ᑑᑌᒼ or ᑑᑌᒻ 'doodem') is a spirit being, sacred object, or symbol that serves as an emblem of a group of people, such as a family, clan, lineage, or tribe, such as in the Anishinaabe clan system.

Cultures, Anthropological perspectives & Ojibwe doodemen

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Anthropological perspectives

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Ojibwe doodemen

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Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders

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Ojibwe doodemen

Totem poles

Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders

Anthropological perspectives

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Totem

Nodes64
Edges63
Triples56
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.03125
Components1

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Totem

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related to Ojibwe doodemen · 18
Totem → Aan'aawenh, Anishinaabe, Atlantic Ocean, Baswenaazhi, Doodem, In, In Anishinaabemowin, Mide, Miigis, Moozwaanowe, Nooke, Ojibwe, Six, The, The Anishinaabe, These, Waabanakiing, Wawaazisii
related to Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders · 12
Totem → Aboriginal Australians, In, Many Indigenous, New South Wales, Ngarrindjeri, Ojibwe, The, Torres Strait Islanders, Totems, Wangarr, Yolngu, Yuin
related to Anthropological perspectives · 10
Totem → Alfred Cort Haddon, Animals, Early, James George Frazer, John Ferguson McLennan, McLennan, Plants, Rivers, Scottish, The Worship
see also · 8
Totem → Anishinaabe, ArpadMoe, Devak, Eurasian, Maratha, Mitupo, Sigmund Freud Shona Culture, Taboo
related to Totem poles · 6
Totem → North America, Pacific Northwestern Indigenous, Similar, The, These, They
related to Literature · 2
Totem → For, Poets

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totemism totems ojibwe people term social associated different aboriginal clan peoples groups anishinaabe anthropologists cultures family indigenous often nature use

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Totemrelated to Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait IslandersThe0.60section
Totemrelated to Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait IslandersAboriginal Australians0.60section
Totemrelated to Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait IslandersTorres Strait Islanders0.60section
Totemrelated to Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait IslandersMany Indigenous0.60section
Totemrelated to Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait IslandersOjibwe0.60section
Totemrelated to Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait IslandersIn0.60section
Totemrelated to Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait IslandersYuin0.60section
Totemrelated to Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait IslandersNew South Wales0.60section
Totemrelated to Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait IslandersNgarrindjeri0.60section
Totemrelated to Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait IslandersTotems0.60section
Totemrelated to Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait IslandersWangarr0.60section
Totemrelated to Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait IslandersYolngu0.60section

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