The word culture, from the Latin colo, -ere, with its root meaning "to cultivate", generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activity significance. Different definitions of "culture" reflect different theoretical bases for understanding, or criteria for evaluating, human activity. Anthropologists most commonly use the term "culture" to refer to the universal human capacity to classify, codify and communicate their experiences symbolically. This capacity is long been taken as a defining feature of the genus Homo. However, primatologists such as Jane Goodall have identified aspects of culture among our closest relatives in the animal kingdom.Goodall, J. 1986. The Chimpanzees of Gombe: Patterns of Behavior.
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Asian Pages Newspaper - A leading Midwest Asian resource, covering current events, news, sports, entertainment, and politics.
Central/MidWest States Forum - MidWest States on Delphi provides travelers or residents information about the heartland. Features attractions, announcements, chat calendar, and interesting links.
Meta Description: [ Free Self-Managed Online Meeting Place
with Message Boards and Chat -- for
Businesses, Associations, Interest Groups, or Family Discussions. Private
or Open. Provided by Delphi Forums ]
Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin and Metropolitan Chicago - Includes activities, funding and support information, job opportunities, events calendar, officials, and contacts.
Great Lakes Rainbow - Tribal Tribute - Information relevant to Michigan, Wisconsin, Ontario, Minnesota, northern Indiana, northern Ohio, and northern Illinois folks interested in Rainbow Gatherings and similar topics.
Great Rivers 2-1-1 - An information and referral center, helpline, and crisis line serving western Wisconsin, southeastern Minnesota, and northeastern Iowa.
Meta Description: [ Great Rivers 2-1-1 is an information and referral center and crisis line serving Western Wisconsin, Southeastern Minnesota, and Northeastern Iowa. ]
Illinois-Wisconsin FMS Society - Support and networking for those hurt by recovered (or repressed) memory therapy. Includes news, articles, meeting calendar, and contacts for those interested in False Memory Syndrome.
Midwest Democracy Center - Grassroots organization that is centered in Illinois, mostly in Chicago, but seeks outreach and cooperation with other reform groups throughout the Midwest and the nation as a whole. Individuals or organizations are welcome to join.
Midwestern Region, Soroptimist International of the Americas - Volunteer service organization for women in business, management and the professions. Features its four districts and contacts, newsletter, and events calendar. The Region covers Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
Minnesota Wisconsin Collie Rescue - Organization takes in and rehomes purebred Collies. Includes photos of available dogs, adoption questionnaire, success stories, and news and events.
Pioneering the Upper Midwest: Books from Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, ca. 1820-1910 - Accounts from the 17th to the early 20th century through 1st-person accounts, biographies, promotional literature, local histories, ethnographic and antiquarian texts, colonial archival documents, and other works drawn from the Library of Congress.
Meta Description: [ Pioneering the Upper Midwest: Books from Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, ca. 1820-1910, collection is comprised of first-person narratives and other primary documents that illuminate the development of the Upper Midwest states in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ]
Rural History Project - Oral histories, photographs and research materials on rural life in the Midwest.
The Midwest Croatian Connection - News, history and current events relating to the Croatian communities in the midwestern United States.
Meta Description: [ The Midwest Croatian Connection is your one stop source
for information relating to the many Croatian communities located in the midwestern
United States. ]
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Treaty Rights: Understanding the Conflict - Site hopes to help fishing and hunting enthusiasts in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan understand the complicated issues surrounding the harvesting rights granted to Indians by federal treaties. History, interest groups, some of the issues and conflicting perspectives involved.
Tri-State Woman Online Magazine - Featuring women from Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa. Includes articles, classifieds, and a community calendar.
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