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A 5 page discussion of the changing roles and values in Native America. Distinguishes between the traditional roles of women, men, and children and the stereotypical views of these roles. Asserts that in many ways contemporary Native Americans are no different than "mainstream" America in terms of their roles and values. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: AM2_PPnaRole.doc
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What is important to remember in Native American culture, however, is that Native Americans comprise many cultures, not one. Not only is the topic of Native American
culture multifaceted in terms of the number of cultures which it encompasses but so is the temporal nature of that culture. Indeed, this collective culture has changed perhaps more
so than any other culture in the world only within the last five hundred years. This change has been the result of the influx of European peoples to this
continent. Never-the-less, Native American culture, or more appropriately cultures, are still in many cases extant and they offer an interesting contrast to non-Native cultures particularly in regard to the
respective roles and values of women, men, and children in those cultures. To understand the respective roles and values of Native
Americans today we must first understand Native Americans of yesterday and the factors which have gone into shaping them into what they are today. As has already been noted,
the Native American of today is not one entity, they are many. This was true prior to European contact as well. In many cases pre-contact languages were as
different as in English and Chinese (Pitawanakwat and Paper PG; Lord PG). The same could be said regarding the expected roles and values of the men, women, and children
who comprised these cultures. In pre-contact times there were some consistencies across these cultural groups but there were also many inconsistencies.
There are as many factors which went into shaping them from what they were to what they are. Indeed they are sometimes different in regard to characteristics such
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