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I agree with Amanda about the evidence provided in the Perdue article. However, in the event that she was trying to prove her argument that Cherokee women's roles drastically changed between the 18th and 19th centuries was very convincing. The matrilineal oriented family did increase the roles of women, yet it also created more personal power. They were able to choose their husbands, trace their family through their mother's side, determine the fate of war captives, etc. It seemed to me that the role of Cherokee women was diversified, but it also gave them a lot of freedom. --Joe C. | I agree with Amanda about the evidence provided in the Perdue article. However, in the event that she was trying to prove her argument that Cherokee women's roles drastically changed between the 18th and 19th centuries was very convincing. The matrilineal oriented family did increase the roles of women, yet it also created more personal power. They were able to choose their husbands, trace their family through their mother's side, determine the fate of war captives, etc. It seemed to me that the role of Cherokee women was diversified, but it also gave them a lot of freedom. --Joe C. | ||
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| + | I thought that this was a very interesting article. I have to agree with Amanda that men, while obviously not the focus of the article, were still not very deeply discussed, particularly in their relation to farming. I also thought it was interesting that prohibitions on the practice of infanticide were seen as isolating women (168). While most of us would agree that women should have some say in or the capacity to control the size of their families, I don't think anyone would be able to condone infanticide. While we can look back and say that Americans had a largely negative affect on Native Americans, the eradication of such practices as infanticide could perhaps be seen as them having a positive effect on Native Americans. However, most of the influences of Americans on Cherokee women, such as their removal from political and economic areas, were clearly negative and detrimental. --Sarah Gardner | ||
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