ANTH 316gm Lecture 6: Lecture 5
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1630/1640 - 20,000 settlers arrived in massachusetts alone, a lot of people coming from europe. Shamanism = reoccurring idea that animals created people. Native american tradition says absolutely yes do animals have souls. ^ terms used by scientists not na themselves. Boarding schools were paid for by us, church and state was not separate. Food you got on reservations were run by others, forced to convert to get food. Stone boy = swallows a stone and becomes a man but is still a stone, invents the idea of steam bath. Sweat lodge = comes up in many na traditions, still play a role. Settler = implies that things were not settled before. Pioneers = implies that they were the first ones there. Words are very critical to the way you investigate the issues. Early on there was really restricted settlement, when thousands came in there was more conflict.
