HIS 126 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Presentation Of A Group, Patrilocal Residence, Opchanacanough
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Don"t forget to look at pocahontas readings + do related journal activity. Grade = group presentation (5-7 min) + group paper (via google docs or wiki page) + individual reviews/re ection. The last of the mohicans (not on net ix) Captives; adopted as full members after a certain period of time into their new kin network. Kidnapping people from other groups helps keep a group genetically diverse. Among hunting oriented groups (plains tribes); patrilineal systems. Depending on the group some are patrilocal or matrilocal. Women are seen as necessary to function in society. Women grew, gathered, and distributed food; produced goods, Flexible leadership structures; still distinct class structures but not one leader (i. e. Leaders were men but were elected by women. Women decided to go to war, avenge family deaths, which. Gender in north american societies captives were adopted, etc. Sex is biology and gender is culture; essentially.
