FILM 5800 Study Guide - Subsistence Agriculture, Barter
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Since native americans shared many of the same beliefs, values, and morals as i do, my opinions have not altered. It was a society that practiced subsistence agriculture, community ownership, barter systems, and competitive production. The native americans thought that the land belonged to the community and that no individual should possess property on it (brown, The native americans opposed the newcomers because they felt they were attempting to take away their communal land, which they believed they were. It was customary to refer to the land as "mother earth," which was a positive force that impacted material conceptualizations, art, and architectural styles. Additionally, native americans did not utilize written languages in their oral tradition, known as oral tradition. They were able to pass on their myths and tales via oral transmission due to this situation. This mythology impacts us now because storytellers and the elderly utilize items such as carpets or ceramics to depict the stories they tell.
