However, Smith fails to recognize that this division of power between the tribal chiefs and shamans was not actually rooted in Iroquois tradition; rather, it resulted from the Iroquois resettlement on reservations early in the nineteenth century. Prior to resettlement, the chiefs council controlled only the broad policy of the tribal league; individual tribes had institutionsmost important, the longhouse )to govern their own affairs. In the longhouse, the tribes chief influenced both political and religious affairs.
24. The primary purpose of the passage is to
question the published conclusions of a scholar concerning the history of the Iroquois nation
establish the relationship between an earlier scholars work and new anthropological research
summarize scholarly controversy concerning an incident from Iroquois history
trace two generations of scholarly opinion concerning Iroquois social institutions
differentiate between Iroquois political practices and Iroquois religious practices
25. It can be inferred that the author of the passage regards Smiths argument as
provocative and potentially useful, but flawed by poor organization
eloquently presented, but needlessly inflammatory
accurate in some of its particulars, but inaccurate with regard to an important point
【北美gre考试阅读真题解析(A)】相关文章:
最新
2016-03-01
2016-03-01
2016-03-01
2016-03-01
2016-03-01
2016-03-01