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• Jacobus Capitein and Adoption
  ...captain. In Leiden he attended school, learned several European languages and in 1742 he became a clergyman after theological school at the University th ...s the author of a book defending slavery as a road to Christian redemption and European civilization. He went to the Gold Coast ([[Ghana]]) on a mission,
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• John Davis and Adoption
  ...nd raised in [[Alabama]]. He helped translate St. John's gospel into Creek and also wrote hymns in the language. Hirschfelder, Arlene, and Molin, Paulette. [[Encyclopedia]] of Native American Religions: An Introduc
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• Captives and Adoption
  ...onally intended as food, sometimes used as hostages, more often as slaves, and sometimes also [[adopted]] into the victorious tribe. ...structure, to such an extent that their Dinka origin was never mentioned, and their origin was completely undetectable to outsiders.
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• John Bemo and Adoption
  '''Seminole (Native American) teacher and missionary''' ...hip captain named Bemeau, whose name he took. He became a ship's carpenter and converted to Christianity.
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• Cockenoe and Adoption
  '''Algonquin (Native American) captive and translator''' ...educational and religious material for Native American converts. An island and harbor in
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• Sherman Coolidge and Adoption
  ...es and turned over to white soldiers. He was [[adopted]] by a white couple and sent to a military academy where he was an outstanding student. In 1884 he graduated from divinity school and was ordained an Episcopalian [Anglican] priest in 1889. He returned to his
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• Joseph Griffis and Adoption
  ...ently believed he was a Native American, always identified himself as one, and registered his son as a Native American on his birth certificate). ...was then raised by a Kiowa stepfather and Cheyenne stepmother. In 1868 he and his stepmother were captured by white soldiers, part of General Custer's tr
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• Henry Jackson and Adoption
  Henry Jackson and Pitt River Charley were captured as boys by the Klamath and Modoc people before 1864. They remained with their captors until after the ...s, when they would communicate with the dead, and during these dances song and teachings were revealed to them.
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• Jumping Bull and Adoption
  Assiniboine (Native American) captive and warrior leader of the Lakota Sioux ...) and named him Hohay (Jumping Bull). Hohay became devoted to Sitting Bull and when he retired from warfare, Jumping Bull took his place as war leader.
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• Loki Mo Keen and Adoption
  ...Tai May (not a person but a sacred image, part of the Sun Dance religion) and was responsible for unwrapping the image during important rites. He lived t Hirschfelder, Arlene, and Molin, Paulette. [[Encyclopedia]] of Native American Religions: An Introduc
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• Pitt River Charley and Adoption
  ...Jackson]] and [[Pitt River Charley]] were captured as boys by the Klamath and Modoc people before 1864. They remained with their captors until after the ...s, when they would communicate with the dead, and during these dances song and teachings were revealed to them.
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• Shenandoah and Adoption
  Shenandoah was born a Susquehannock Indian but he was captured during a war and [[adopted]] into the Oneida tribe. He rose to become one of their two param ...war casualty, and in some societies had to become completely acculturated or be killed. Such adoptees were often adults when captured, but could be smal
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• John Ystumllyn and Adoption
  ...the family estate, his age at the time being variously estimated at eight and 13. ...different culture, speaking a totally different language from his captors, and terrified out of his mind at what had happened to him.
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• Devadasi and Adoption
  ...n Maharashtra, Bogams in Andhra Pradesh, Jogatis and Basavis in Karnataka, and Thevardiyar in Tamil Nadu) are found all over [[India]]. ...o a devadasi also become devadasi. There are still many thousands of girls and women in devadasi positions.
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• Damodar Rao and Adoption (under India - Princely States: 7)
  ...i Shivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Sourc ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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• Fatehsinh I Raje Sahib Bhonsle and Adoption (under India - Princely States: 1)
  ...i Shivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Sourc ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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• Rajaram II Raje Bhonsle and Adoption (under India - Princely States: 1)
  ...i Shivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Sourc ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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• Geisha and Adoption
  ...with their main centers in Tokyo and Kyoto. The tradition is centuries old and continues today, although the heyday of the geisha was before World War II. ...or "mother," the proprietress of a geisha or tea house, herself a geisha, or to a middleman who would sell her on. Geisha who have daughters might also
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• Hamir Singh II and Adoption (under India - Princely States: 4)
  ...i Shivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Sourc ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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• Abram Petrovich Hannibal and Adoption
  ...media.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Meller-Zakomelski.jpg |410x579px|thumb|'''Traditional depiction of Abram Petrovich Gannibal'''<br />Source: Wikipedia.org.}} ...ar, who had him baptized and gave him the names Petrovitch (after himself) and Hannibal (after the African Roman general).
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• Hawai'ian Royal Families and Adoption
  ...ving been [[adopted]] or fostered. (The abnormally common death dates 1848 and 1849 are because of a terrible measles epidemic, introduced by white settle ...pted]] by Kaikio'ewa, Governor of Kauai. His brothers, kings Kamehameha IV and V, were also adoptees.
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• Hokusai and Adoption
  ...few years are a mystery, but he was born near Tokyo, and when he was four or five he was [[adopted]] by a mirror-polisher named Nakajima Ise. There is s ...was in the workshop of Katsukawa Shunsho and Katsukawa's heir until 1792, and then studied with other craftsmen for several more years. He was one of the
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• Jiji Bai Sahib Maharaj and Adoption (under India - Princely States: 2)
  ...i Shivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Sourc ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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• Jogatis and Adoption (under Devadasi)
  ...rashtra, '''Bogams''' in Andhra Pradesh, Jogatis and Basavis in Karnataka, and Thevardiyar in Tamil Nadu) are found all over [[India]]. ...vadasi]] also become [[devadasi]]. There are still many thousands of girls and women in [[devadasi]] positions.
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• Lakhaji Tamachi Jadeja Sahib and Adoption (under India - Princely States: 3)
  ...i Shivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Sourc ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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• Muralis and Adoption (under Devadasi)
  ...rashtra, '''Bogams''' in Andhra Pradesh, Jogatis and Basavis in Karnataka, and Thevardiyar in Tamil Nadu) are found all over [[India]]. ...vadasi]] also become [[devadasi]]. There are still many thousands of girls and women in [[devadasi]] positions.
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• Natis and Adoption (under Devadasi)
  ...rashtra, '''Bogams''' in Andhra Pradesh, Jogatis and Basavis in Karnataka, and Thevardiyar in Tamil Nadu) are found all over [[India]]. ...vadasi]] also become [[devadasi]]. There are still many thousands of girls and women in [[devadasi]] positions.
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• Thevardiyar and Adoption (under Devadasi)
  ...rashtra, '''Bogams''' in Andhra Pradesh, Jogatis and Basavis in Karnataka, and Thevardiyar in Tamil Nadu) are found all over [[India]]. ...vadasi]] also become [[devadasi]]. There are still many thousands of girls and women in [[devadasi]] positions.
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• Pomare Dynasty and Adoption
  ...ia. See the entry for the royal house of Hawai'i, the Kawananakoa dynasty; and also that for the [[Chinese Qing Dynasty|Chinese Qing dynasty]], for an exa ...ra Bora, 1861). [[Adopted]] into the dynasty by Pomare II, king of Tahiti, and married Pomare's daughter 'Aimata.
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• Shahu II Raje and Adoption (under India - Princely States: 2)
  ...i Shivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Sourc ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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• Shahu Shivaji II Bhonsle and Adoption (under India - Princely States: 2)
  ...i Shivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Sourc ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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• Shahu Shivaji Raje Bhonsle and Adoption (under India - Princely States: 1)
  ...i Shivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Sourc ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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• Sacagawea and Adoption
  ...her brother and sister, who were captured by the Hidatsa people, enslaved, and became acculturated. ...neau and Sacagawea as guides and interpreters. Sacagawea was then pregnant and gave birth to her first child, Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, at Fort Mandan in
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• Saigo Siro and Adoption
  ...i government), and according to custom, the entire family - wife, children and others, at least 14 people in all - committed ritual suicide in shame. ...Siro fell in love with the daughter of Jigoro Kano, master of Kodokam judo and defected to that [[system]]. Saigo senior then chose Masayoshi Sokaku Minam
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• Shabbona and Adoption
  ...e Black Hawk War (1832) and survived two assassination attempts by the Sac and Fox tribes. ...aubena Grove, [[Illinois]], but local settlers bought him land near Seneca and built him a house, where he spent the rest of his life.
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• Slaves and Adoption
  ...y just about every culture which had the opportunity, was powerful enough, and needed the labor slaves could provide. ...cases slavery was degrading psychologically and physically for its victims and morally brutalizing for its practitioners.
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• Tamaiti Whangai and Adoption
  ...ti atawhai) is a child who is nurtured or raised by someone other than his or her birth parents. The practice of whangai is very ancient: the first tamai ...ly" is "whanau," which applies to the [[Extended Family|extended family]], and even then the whanau is not an isolated unit, but part of more inclusive un
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• Te Waharoa and Adoption
  ...a party from the Te Arawa tribe, led by Pango. Pango kidnapped Te Waharoa and took him back to the Rorotua area where he was raised. ...e Waharoa took responsibility for the physical safety of the missionaries, and saw that the stations were restored.
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• Trokosi and Adoption
  ...[Ghana]] (and to a lesser extent, in [[Benin]], [[Nigeria]] and [[Togo]]), traditional religious beliefs have given rise to the practice of trokosi, literally "sl ...rely, a boy) to the shrine as the god's slave. This may be for a few years or permanent, although the is possible for the family to ransom the girl at th
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• Bauro and Adoption (under Kiribati)
  ...er brother, Timon. Bauro reigned for a short time but also had no children and the succession passed to his nephew, Tokatake, but without him being [[adop ...Arirei, the niece and [[adopted]] daughter of the previous uea, Kaiea III, and the birth daughter of Kaiea III's sister, Kinateo. Arirei is the first know
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• Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji and Adoption (under India - Princely States: 3)
  ...i Shivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Sourc ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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• Doctrine of Lapse and Adoption (under India - Princely States)
  ...i Shivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Sourc ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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• Duleep Singh and Adoption (under India - Princely States: 5)
  ...i Shivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Sourc ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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• Fateh Singh and Adoption (under India - Princely States: 4)
  ...i Shivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Sourc ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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• Jashwant Singh and Adoption (under India - Princely States: 9)
  ...i Shivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Sourc ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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• Lakshman Singh II and Adoption (under India - Princely States: 10)
  ...i Shivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Sourc ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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• Nana Saheb and Adoption (under India - Princely States: 6)
  ...i Shivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Sourc ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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• Pratapsinhji I Bhonsle and Adoption (under India - Princely States: 1)
  ...i Shivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Sourc ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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• Raisinhji Vibhaji and Adoption (under India - Princely States: 3)
  ...i Shivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Sourc ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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• Jean Baptiste Charbonneau and Adoption
  ...ill too young to leave his mother. However in 1811 he became Clark's ward, and was educated by him in St. Louis. When he grew up he returned to the fronti ...e joined the [[California]] Gold Rush, but was unsuccessful in prospecting and died on his way to new gold fields in [[Montana]].
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