Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Native American society
- The Native Americans were not one people, but many tribes
- Their government was based on principles that the newcomers had difficulty in understanding
- The only 'police' in Native American society were warriors called dog-soldiers
- Community spirit
- The whole tribe had to join
together for the buffalo hunt.
- The young braves thought it was an
honour to feed the old and the weak
- Old people voluntarily committed exposure
- Horse stealing (from other tribes) was admired
- View of war
- War was based on ambush and skill
- No one was forced to go to war
- The aim of war was to capture
horses and to show bravery
- The bravest act of war was to score a coup
- The main aim in war was to stay alive, in order to care for the family
- Native Americans scalped their enemy to stop him going to an afterworld