Round 10: Tossup 12

A man born in this country was unable to tell an anthropologist his name because he needed to be introduced by another Yana speaker, all of whom had died out. (-5[1])Horace Miner wrote a satirical article about “body ritual” in a group named after (10[1])this country’s demonym spelled backwards. (10[2])Alfred Kroeber studied Ishi, (10[1])a man born in this country. A language from this country that lacks nouns for time inspired the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis. (10[1])The democratic Haudenosaunee (“HOH-din-oh-SHOH-nee”) confederacy was from this country (-5[1])in which the first (10[1])anthropology department was established by Franz Boas. (-5[1])For 10 points, what country’s indigenous peoples include the Hopi (-5[1])and Iroquois? ■END■ (10[3])

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