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The major thought that came to my mind while reading this was how multiple Native American women wanted a young white son. I feel that if the roles were reversed and a white woman had a male Native captive, there wouldn't be any other woman who would want him or any hostility regarding it. I find it interesting that he was so valued that Net-no-kwa was so interested in having him. '''Did they find the whites valuable or was he simply filling the role of a son?''' - Christine Leckner | The major thought that came to my mind while reading this was how multiple Native American women wanted a young white son. I feel that if the roles were reversed and a white woman had a male Native captive, there wouldn't be any other woman who would want him or any hostility regarding it. I find it interesting that he was so valued that Net-no-kwa was so interested in having him. '''Did they find the whites valuable or was he simply filling the role of a son?''' - Christine Leckner | ||
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| + | I found this section interesting because it tells about a woman in a posittion of power, which would certainly have been unusual among the Europeans of the time. Reading this, I wondered if the Europeans were willing to let her continue acting as a tribal leader because they thought a woman might be easier to deal with? I also found the sections about drinking very interesting. It doesn't seem like the Native Americans realize the control that the Europeans could gain over the tribe by introducing them to alcohol. And the Europeans would presumably find it more disturbing to see a woman getting drunk than a man, which plays into any views of the Indians as savages or heathens.- Melissa Patterson | ||
== Father Le Jeune on necessity of teaching native women, 1633 == | == Father Le Jeune on necessity of teaching native women, 1633 == | ||
