For example, form the same world that sees the sun rise and set daily, that sees the moon wax and wane monthly, and that watches a variety of seasons come and go on a annual basis, there are many way of classifying this timely activity. It is quite common to have a system of directions that includes north,south,east and west, measured, as elsewhere, in reference to the movement of the sun.Some Native American systems also include the directions of up and down, or zenith and nadir, and even centre, and the example given by Durkhiem and Mauss was the Zumi people, using the work gathered by an American anthropologist named Frank Cushing. Their clans were assigned one of the directions, which also have animals and plants associated with them, as well as aspects of colour, climate, and character. This helped people to know immediately where to camp when they www traveling, and offered many other ways of making reference to these characteristics.