I would now like to focus on the Subsistence and Exchange practices of the Shish-Kabob community. The Shish-Kabob food gathering and horticulture techniques are very similar to that of the Kaluli, in that they do not rely on only one source for their food. The Shish-Kabob also is similar to the Kaluli in their trade as well, Shish-kabob similar to the Kaluli trade within their community to build relationships. Now lets take a closer look at the Shish-Kabob Subsistence and Exchange practices.

Subsistence:
Subsistence for the Shish-Kabob community is a hybrid mix. First off, the water supply for the island is provided by fresh water springs which are sporadically located around the island. Now on to food, depending on the area of the island in which the family lives, is what the family contributes to the community. The Shish-Kabobians that live close to the water focus on fishing, gathering small Clay fish and marine wildlife. Fishing is accomplished using nets from small boats carved out from trees. Other Maine wildlife such as crabs and Clay fish are caught with traps or by hand. The luxury Item provided by the coastal families are crab and Clay fish. The Shish-Kabobians who live in areas that are fertile grow small to medium size gardens. The majority of the society comes from horticulture gardens. The form of horticulture used by the Shish-Kabob community is the slash-and-burn cultivation also known as Swidden Farming. Even within the horticulture system there is specialization. Each family specialization is in a variety of fruits and vegetable including: Pineapple, rice, Sweet potatoes, bananas, tobacco, opium, coconut, taro, yams, sugarcane, green vegetables, avocado. The Luxury goods provided by the horticulture community is Pineapples, tobacco, and opium. The Shish-Kabobians implementation of the swidden farming technique is similar to that of the Mekranoti Kayapo. Mekranoti Kayapo will have the men first clear the area and then burn debris to produce ash for the ground. Following the burning, the men and the women will plant the seeds for what crop they wish to grow. Those who live away from fertile areas focus on Pastoralism and hunting. The community that participates in Pastoralism includes small animals such as: pigs and other small animals. Hunting I also practiced by the members of the Pastoralism community but it is a very small part of the community done only by the males. It generates rare delicacies to the rest of the community such as: spiders/bugs, lizard, birds, snakes, and monkeys. The Shish-kabob Community with the diversity of our subsistence always have a steady food supply and a great variety of food types helps produce their healthy society. The Shish-Kabob community shows several resemblances to the people of Papua New Guinea. Both societies live in small bands, in the Shish-Kabob community these are called “families”, both societies have a wide range of food resources, and trade what food resource is on hand in order to improve relationships with other families. Now I would like to go into the trading habits of the Shish-Kabobs.

Exchange:

Exchange in the shish-kabob community is one based upon gift giving and mutual trade. With everyone on the island working within their family’s specialization, a meeting market has been set up in the most centralized part of the island to which each family can bring a sample of what they have to offer. The meeting market where the different families can offer gifts to other family or trade for luxury goods. Only a small group will come to the meeting market to represent their family. Normally only men will come to the meeting market since the dialect spoken at the Meeting Market is that of the men. The system is set up in the same up to practice generalized reciprocity. This is similar to the system used by the indigenous hunters in Australia. The system is also set up if one of the families have a bad growing season or catch/hunt they are still provided for by the rest of the community. The system also allows everyone to experience a wide range of subsistence and variety in their diet. With the Diversity of goods in the shish-kabob community, the health benefits have also given the shish-kabob a unique trade advantage to the new "white man" that has started appearing near the shish-kabob community.

The Meeting Market is also used by the shish-kabob community to trade other items beyond food. An example would be if a member of a fishing family would need a new boat, they could ask a member of the horticulture family if they had any good trees near their land that would meet the specifications of the boat. If a tree did existed that met the specification, then members from each family, fishing, horticulture, and hunting/pastorilism, would volunteer to help bring down the tree, hollow it out, and get it down the coast. This method is also true for building living quarters for the different families in the shish-kabob community. The method of helping each family used by the shish-kabob can also be seen in the people of Papa New Guinea. By always having to work together, this keeps the relationships strong between families and promotes an egalitarian society.

The people of shish-kabob community have a promising future ahead of them. The subsistence and exchange system given to by the environment has contributed to the egalitarian idea practiced by the rest of the society. Because everyone has a specific job and has a unique items to contribute to the community, everyone contribution even out at the Meeting Market and the egalitarian way of life is continued. The natural resources of gold, copper, silver, timber, natural gas, oil will also prove to be invaluable to the future growth of the people in the shish-kabob community.