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However, I completely agree with what Sarah said above about the Iroquois adapting a European culture and being able to successfully maintain their own culture. I almost scoffed at that passage as I read it. How could the Native Americans cast aside their traditions and lifestyle so drastically and adopt those aspects of European culture and still maintain their traditions and values? But it also made me think briefly about how I think our own culture today may be in a similar situation. Are we not casting aside our old traditions and values at what seems like a daily rate? Our world is ever changing and we along with it. It will not be long before we are completely devoid of our values and traditions. I guess we, like the Iroquois, according to Mintz and Kellogg, will just have to adapt- but hopefully not too much. Celia M | However, I completely agree with what Sarah said above about the Iroquois adapting a European culture and being able to successfully maintain their own culture. I almost scoffed at that passage as I read it. How could the Native Americans cast aside their traditions and lifestyle so drastically and adopt those aspects of European culture and still maintain their traditions and values? But it also made me think briefly about how I think our own culture today may be in a similar situation. Are we not casting aside our old traditions and values at what seems like a daily rate? Our world is ever changing and we along with it. It will not be long before we are completely devoid of our values and traditions. I guess we, like the Iroquois, according to Mintz and Kellogg, will just have to adapt- but hopefully not too much. Celia M | ||
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| + | Like everyone else, I believe that Mintz and Kellog focus too much on the New England family. The average New England family was not representative of the average family in other colonies. For one, the scheme of population distribution was not the same in New England as it was in other colonies. Mintz and Kellog touch on a ‘community family.’ Differences in population distribution make a ‘community family’ almost impossible in places dominated by agriculture. – Andrew B | ||
