Round 9: 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 (10[1])of whom had died out. Horace Miner wrote a satirical article about “body ritual” in a group named after this country’s demonym spelled backwards. (10[3])Alfred Kroeber studied Ishi, a man (10[1])born in this country. (10[2])A language from this country that lacks nouns for time inspired the Sapir–Whorf (10[1])hypothesis. The democratic Haudenosaunee (“HOH-din-oh-SHOH-nee”) confederacy was from this country in which the first anthropology department was established by Franz Boas. For 10 points, what country’s (10[1])indigenous peoples (-5[1])include the Hopi (10[1])and Iroquois? ■END■ (10[2])

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