Slaves, an unwilling but perhaps the most valued commodity of the trade from the 17th through the 19th centuries, played featured roles in a sordid chapter which lasted at least from the time of Spanish arrival to the years just after the American Civil War. The Utes, for instance, made c...
The name “Manhattan” comes from a dialect of the Lenape Native Americans and roughly translates as “a place where we gather wood to make bows and arrows”—tools they relied on for hunting. The Haudenosaunee Native Americans were organized into matrilineal clans. These extended families lived ...
The roles of men and women in most Native American tribes were the same as now. The men hunted and provided protection for their people. The women prepared the food, made clothing and shelters, and cared for the children. The men used bows and arrows, spears and knives to hunt. They wo...
Native American music - Powwow, Flute, Drum: The following discussion of styles and genres by region addresses a number of characteristics of music and how they are produced. It is possible to speak of musical regions because, although each Native Americ
California Indian, member of any of theNative Americanpeoples who have traditionally resided in the area roughly corresponding to the present states ofCalifornia(U.S.) and northernBaja California(Mex.). The peoples living in the Californiaculture areaat the time of first European contact in the ...
The Creator had painted the pictures there, with red paint. From the beginning until long after the white people came, the Indians went to Lake Chelan and looked at the paintings. They saw pictures of bows and arrows and of salmon traps. From the paintings of the Creator they knew how to...
Hand made Items from other countries Coming Soon Arrows Bows and quivers Ceremonial Attire Flutes Knives Paintings Peace pipes Pottery Rattles Rugs Spears Story Tellers Tomahawks Wall Hangings War Clubs Featured artist Letters from satisfied customers ...
five bows and arrows, four cornucopias, three Native headdresses, two turkey gobblers, and a pumpkin in a pumpkin patch! Literature The Legend of Indian Paintbrush by Tomie dePaola The Legend of the Bluebonnet by Tomie dePaola Squanto and the First American Thanksgiving by Joyce Kessel and ...
Our impression that the Mogollon viewed life from a powerful and pervasive spiritual perspective is reinforced by finds of caches of objects which appear to be sacred. These included ceremonial "prayer" sticks (or pahos), ceremonial pipes, ritual bows and arrows, animal effigies, bear and mountain...
” Woman Chief was a skilled hunter and warrior, and she was recognized as the third-highest leader in a band of 160 lodges. As a Two-Spirit, she had “all the style of a man and chief, [she] has her guns, bows, lances, war horses, and even two or three young women as wives...