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...jewelry of the Amazons by Father Caspar de Carvajal, a chronicler of Orellana's expedition. At least one of the cave triangles has a smaller triangle carved inside it; Sales speculates that it might represent pregnancy. Another triangle, adorned with two stripes, might have symbolized a tribal leader. Still others are positioned side by side, suggesting lesbianism. The caves are also decorated with pictures of masks that Sales thinks were worn by Amazons during their manhunting raids on nearby villages. To produce a suitable hypnotic effect during mating rites, the Amazons apparently played flutes, which are also carved...
...more prosperous would be charged a fee; a family with two children and an income of $6,960 a year, for example, would pay about $6 a week. The child-care centers would be run by local "prime sponsors" -cities, towns, counties or even such groups as Indian tribal councils. The price tag for the first year would be $2 billion, not vastly more than Nixon's own plan, but the President chose to veto it. He damned it roundly for "fiscal irresponsibility, administrative unworkabili-ty and family-weakening implications...
...Hopi Indians' holy spirits, sometimes personified by masked, dancers or represented by wooden dolls. Thus the Hopis protested when Kentucky's Ezra Brooks distillery hit upon the less than divine idea of marketing its bourbon in bottles shaped like kachina dolls. "How would a Catholic feel," asked Tribal Chairman Clarence Hamilton, "about putting whisky in a statue of Mary...
Evolution. In crowning a king, the Zulus achieved a significant milestone on their way to becoming a nation again. Ironically, the South African government's policy of apartheid or "separate development" has led to a surge of tribal pride among the 4,000,000 Zulus, who account for nearly a quarter of South Africa's black population. The semi-autonomous Bantustans being set up by the government as a means of keeping blacks segregated in their own homelands, have given that pride political expression...
...Zululand Territorial Authority, as yet nothing more than a tribal council, is scheduled to be upgraded to a legislative council and to be chosen by general election some time in 1972. It will then have constitutional power over local matters of justice, finance, education and agriculture, though Pretoria will still retain control of defense, foreign affairs and police. Said Botha to Prince Zwelithini last week: "It can be expected that your reign will see a constitutional evolution of your Zulu nation to a fully fledged self-governing and independent nation...