FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICANS
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Question
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Women hunted animals, gathered food and cooked at home.
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Women were tool makers to make tasks easier for the men.
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Women were religious leaders.
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Women held the power, ruled their families and were warriors.
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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: -The Native American women generally wore skirts and leggings. Often they wore shirts or tunics as well. In some tribes, like the Cherokee and the Apache, the women wore longer buckskin dresses. Most Native Americans wore some kind of footwear.
Detailed explanation-3: -During the colonial period, Native Americans had a complicated relationship with European settlers. They resisted the efforts of the Europeans to gain more of their land and control through both warfare and diplomacy.
Detailed explanation-4: -Some of the more well-known matrilineal societies are the Lenape, Hopi and Iroquois. The Chickasaw were also a matrilineal society and Chickasaw.TV has a lot of great videos on the subject.