Because of Stereotypes About Native American Women, Can It Be Said That They Were Totally Enslaved by Their Husbands and Male Relatives or Whether, They Had Any Kind of Autonomy, Importance and Influence Within Their Tribe?

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Because of Stereotypes About Native American Women, Can It Be Said That They Were Totally Enslaved by Their Husbands and Male Relatives or Whether, They Had Any Kind of Autonomy, Importance and Influence Within Their Tribe?

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Cultural studies, amerindian society, amerindian clothing, native american women, autonomy, tribe, india, aboriginal community

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The study of women in the chronicles of India has focused mainly on the odyssey of Spanish women who migrated to the New World, relegating the experience of Amerindian women to a second level. In the event that the latter appear, we encounter a fundamental problem: although the range of women included in the concept of "India" is very varied, they have received a unitary treatment, because their image has been constructed from stereotypes derived from medieval and Renaissance European thought. I found a first and interesting opposition between the chroniclers who present them as beautiful and virtuous women, intercessors of the Spanish against the Americans, and those who describe them as ugly, selfish, lewd and bad. Similarly, the archetypes of the noble warrior (associated with the myth of the Amazons), the witch (who earned this title for her rebellion against the colonial system), the female object (of pleasure or forced labour), and the figure of the collaborator, of which we have the most complete example in Doña Marina "La Malinche", in love with the Cortés and the main female character in the chronicles. Through these models, we discover men's desires, dreams, preferences and prejudices towards women in the 16th century.

The Construction Of Shelters
1. A Real Power in the Organization of Shelters
2. Building Shelters as a Strategic Governance
3. A Real Added Value for Women in This Approach
The Making of Clothes and Household Utensils
The Gathering of Food and Cooking
1. Gathering of Food
2. Cooking
3. A Reducing Role?

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[...] Because of Stereotypes About Native American Women, Can It Be Said That They Were Totally Enslaved by Their Husbands and Male Relatives or Whether, They Had Any Kind of Autonomy, Importance and Influence Within Their Tribe? The reflection provided by historians but also anthropologists such as the French Claude Lévi-Strauss in La Pensée Sauvage offers a privileged analysis of the social and political dimension within a societal structure. Consequently, the study of the Amerindians makes it possible to establish and understand the place of these people in the history of the United States but also to understand how this people is integrated into the country's historical reflection. [...]

[...] Indeed, to make clothes, the women undertook to know the tools that would allow them to weave clothes. The materials used to create their clothing were animal skins, always from those who hunted for food. Considering that the Indians had great respect for wolves, only great warriors could have some kind of clothing from this animal and were considered to be clothes of great honor. Of course, all his clothes were handmade, because until much later, there were no machines to make or weave. [...]

[...] From then on, women had the mission of taking care of the cooking for the entire tribe and thus feeding several dozen inhabitants. This mission has imposed rigor and true intelligence, both in terms of doses and recipes, but also in the creation of a culinary cuisine that will give strength to Amerindian culture. Therefore, associating women with slaves forced to cook is simplistic. It is therefore necessary to have an approach that is also able to understand the culture of the time. A Reducing Role? Indeed, the role of women cooks can be associated as a potentially reducing role. [...]

[...] by the tribes of the American natives requires a more global understanding of gender equality. Building Shelters as a Strategic Governance This example of shelter construction makes it possible to understand another strategic subject: the place of women in the governance bodies of Amerindian societies.  Indeed, he had a clear idea of the extent of the time: there was no state as such. Therefore, in order to understand how to organize the different power struggles between the political decision-makers of the tribe, understanding each other's missions seems to be able to formulate an adequate apprehension. [...]

[...] A second part will be devoted to the role of Native American women within the tribe, more particularly through their spiritual and political influence. Finally, a final part will be an opportunity to highlight the role of Amerindian women in external relations, in particular through the approach of their role as mediators. A. The Construction of Shelters A Real Power in the Organization of Shelters In Patrick Deval's book Squaws, la mémoire oblige, the author explains the predominant role of women in Amerindian societies. [...]

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