FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY ORIGINS OF EARLY PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS
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They were treated as servants to men and expected to obey their husbands
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They were responsible for farming and were considered to be on an equal status with men
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They were responsible for hunting and certain spiritual leaders for the tribe
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They were treated as inferior to men and had no say in decisions that affected the tribe
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Detailed explanation-1: -They usually owned the family’s housing and household goods, engaged in agricultural food production and gathering of foodstuffs, and reared the children. Because women’s activities were central to the community’s welfare, they also held important political, social, and economic power.
Detailed explanation-2: -Like many Native American Eastern Woodland tribes, the women controlled property and goods, and the children would enter the clan of their mother. Women garnered much respect and played a more spiritual and political role than other Native American tribes.
Detailed explanation-3: -Native women were highly visible in early 20th-century suffrage activism. White suffragists, fascinated by Native matriarchal power, invited Native women to speak at conferences, join parades and write for their publications.
Detailed explanation-4: -The women were in charge in the homes. They often owned the home and everything in it. Women were well respected in the tribes for their hard work and providing food from farming. Men and women had different roles, but generally had equal rights.
Detailed explanation-5: -In many Native American cultures, although male family members arranged marriages, wives controlled whether or not they wanted a divorce. In the Haudenosaunee tribes and Cherokee Nation, a woman could leave her husband’s belongings outside their door to show that she wanted a divorce.