ught and respected. Aggression is all but non-existent. Children are enculturized to handle anger, frustration, and violent thought stoically. They tend not to harbor long term grievances and hold council decisions as if ordained by God himself. This lack of aggression is not from blind obedience or fear of lawful repercussion, for the Hutterites have an informal law doctrine. Obedience comes from a mixture of tradition, respect, and intimidation. Gossip and side-talk form an elaborate and intangible social adherence to the rules and decisions of the elders.The pattern of socialization is remarkably consistent from one colony to the next, from one family to the next, and from one individual to the next. The system is sufficiently flexible and rewarding that an unusually high rate of success occurs, and deviancy is rare. The Hutterites regard themselves as Christians maintaining the proper social order and not as a rationalized experiment in communal living. (Hostetler, 93) The continual existence of the society is secondary only to God. The Hutterite is raised and lives in a social pattern that is believed to be divinely ordained, apart from any cause and effect relationship. He exists in the service and obedience of God’s word integrating economic and spiritual values into a community of absolutist ideology without compromise.The ZuniThe Zuni Mountains rise from the jagged and ruptured plains of New Mexico, hundreds of feet high, rock-strewn by wind, sand and water. The wild canyons, painted sandstone mesas, red-banded cliffs, and the solitary buttes of rock all interposed by pinon and cedar best characterize these mountains. The Zuni Mountains and surrounding region is a harsh desert environment, visited seasonally by floods, droughts, raging sandstorms, and intensely hot and dry summers. Below and beyond these mountains, in the nearly waterless wilderness lives the American Indian tribe of Zuni.The Zuni people have made many ad...
