The Anishinaabe peoples are divided into a number of doodeman (in syllabics: ᑑᑌᒪᐣ or ᑑᑌᒪᓐ), or clans, (singular: doodem) named mainly for animal totems (or doodem, as an Ojibwe person would say this word). In See more

The spiritual, mutual relationships between Aboriginal Australians, Torres Strait Islanders, and the natural world are often described as … See more

Poets, and to a lesser extent fiction writers, often use anthropological concepts, including the anthropological understanding of … See more

The totem poles of the Pacific Northwestern Indigenous peoples of North America are carved, monumental poles featuring many different designs (bears, birds, frogs, people, and various supernatural beings and aquatic creatures). They … See more

Early anthropologists and ethnologists like James George Frazer, Alfred Cort Haddon, John Ferguson McLennan and W. H. R. Rivers identified totemism as a shared practice across indigenous groups in unconnected parts of the world, typically reflecting a stage of … See more

• Anishinaabe clan system
• Aumakua
• Charge (heraldry)
• Devak, a type of family totem in Maratha culture See more