Native Americans by Verily Mikichi

The Indians lived very efficiently

mikichiv — 2024-10-11 16:46:24 UTC

These Native Americans had clear jobs for both the men and to women.

What were the women's jobs?

mikichiv — 2024-10-11 16:47:52 UTC

"The Indian women till the ground, dress the food, nurse and bring up the children, and preserve and hand down to posterity the memory of public transactions." Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America

Did they enjoy this?

mikichiv — 2024-10-11 16:50:45 UTC

"These employments of men and women are accounted natural and honorable." (Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America) The women and the men saw their roles in society as honorable, and they were proud to take responsibility for it. They lived together, with respect towards each role.

But how would they keep the law?

mikichiv — 2024-10-11 16:55:09 UTC

"The Indian men, when young, are hunters and warriors; when old, counselors; for all their government is by counsel of the sages; there is no force, there are no prisons, no officers to compel obedience, or inflict punishment." (Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America)

How would they decide who was chief?

mikichiv — 2024-10-11 16:57:42 UTC

"Hence they generally study oratory, the best speaker having the most influence" The most persuasive of the group, would become leader of their tribe, because they were able to talk everyone into agreeing with him.

How did they figure out what was safe to eat?

mikichiv — 2024-10-11 17:02:34 UTC

"Two of our young hunters, having killed a deer, made a fire in the woods to broil some part of it. When they were about to satisfy their hunger, they beheld a beautiful young woman descend from the clouds, and seat herself on that hill..."

And then?

mikichiv — 2024-10-11 17:03:59 UTC

"They presented her with the tongue; she was pleased with the taste of it, and said, 'Your kindness shall be rewarded; come to this place after thirteen moons, and you shall find something that will be of great benefit in nourishing you and your children to the latest generations.' They did so, and, to their surprise, found plants they had never seen before; but which, from that ancient time, have been constantly cultivated among us, to our great advantage."

They believed divine intervention helped them live

mikichiv — 2024-10-11 17:07:34 UTC

"The Great Spirit had made it for the use of Indians. He had created the buffalo, the deer, and other animals for food. He had made the bear and the beaver. Their skins served us for clothing. He had scattered them over the country and taught us how to take them. He had caused the earth to produce corn for bread. All this He had done for His red children because He loved them. If we had some disputes about our hunting ground, they were generally settled without the shedding of much blood." (Red Jacket on the Religion of the White Man and the Red)

So then, they were religious?

mikichiv — 2024-10-11 17:12:25 UTC

"You have got our country, but are not satisfied; you want to force your religion upon us...[Y]ou say that you are sent to instruct us how to worship the Great Spirit agreeably to His mind; and, if we do not take hold of the religion which you white people teach we shall be unhappy hereafter. You say that you are right and we are lost." (Red Jacket on the Religion of the White Man and the Red)

So what did they want?

mikichiv — 2024-10-11 17:16:07 UTC

"Brother, we do not wish to destroy your religion or take it from you. We only want to enjoy our own." (Red Jacket on the Religion of the White Man and the Red) They simply just wanted to live in their own peace and worship who they thought was the great spirit. Not to have White Man's religion forced upon them.

Was there any tension?

mikichiv — 2024-10-11 17:18:29 UTC

"Brother, you say you have not come to get our land or our money, but to enlighten our minds. I will now tell you that I have been at your meetings and saw you collect money from the meeting. I can not tell what this money was intended for, but suppose that it was for your minister; and, if we should conform to your way of thinking, perhaps you may want some from us." (Red Jacket on the Religion of the White Man and the Red)

As time passed, what happened?

mikichiv — 2024-10-11 17:22:24 UTC

Eventually, white people took land for themselves, and this led to the American Revolution. "Many moments in the game appear extremely critical of the American Revolution. The game stresses just how muddy the lead-up to the Boston Massacre actually was (a protest gone wrong rather than the massacre the American naming suggests), its subsequent distortion by “heroic” Americans like Paul Revere as a propaganda tool." (Let's talk about how Assassin's Creed 3 depicts the American Revolution)

But how were they said to be treated?

mikichiv — 2024-10-11 17:25:14 UTC

"AC3 does a fairly good job of illustrating many of the horrible acts committed against Native Americans (I also liked the line where American liberty is said to be great for “white, landed colonials” while not being so for Black and Native peoples) when they could easily have been ignored by a less ambitious developer." (Let's talk about how Assassin's Creed 3 depicts the American Revolution). The bottom line is, not well. As you can see today, there are very few sections of land that has not been built upon, but this doesn't mean there aren't Indian reservations, that preserve respect for these Native Americans.