Showing posts with label anthropology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label anthropology. Show all posts

Thursday, January 27, 2011

A [chief] for war and a [chief] for peace

I learned recently in my anthropology class that the Cherokee Indians had two chiefs per tribe ~ one was a "War Chief" and one a "Peace Chief." Both ruled by persuasion and could be removed from office. Betcha they found that some rhetoric came in handy every once-in-a-while, eh?