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- Spirits in all things
- Goal: Keep spirits happy
- Green Corn ceremony
- Feast of the Dead (After-life ceremony)
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- Bear Dance/Ghost Dance
- Sun Dance
- Few ceremonies/focused on subsistence
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- Nuclear family
- Formed bands during fall/winter
- Each family had a headman (degwani)
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| Owens Valley Paiute Political Organization |
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- 7 bands
- Each band had a headman: Hereditary/male, power limited)
- Division of labor: based on sex & age. Men traded/hunted. Women gathered/manufactured.
- Everyone participated in communal hunts
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| Southwest Peoples Economics |
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- Drought=concern
- Relied on agriculture: corn, beans, squash, cotton
- small amount of plants gathered
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| Southwest peoples Politics |
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- Warfare=common
- Women could save captives
- Chiefdom had white(peace) & red(war) leaders
- Small towns
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- Very male dominated
- Male gained status in war performance
- Status depends on how many horses owned, behavior
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- Communal bison hunt in early summer
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- Sacred Arrow Renewal Ceremony
- Animal Dance
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- Kinship=most important aspect
- Extended family=basic unit
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- Belief that the earth is sacred - bison=sacred
- Calumet=sacred item=intended to bring people together in peace
- Sun Dance
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