Native American Women in the Colonial Era: Women's History Month, Part 6

Описание: Europeans were surprised that Native American women had so much power and influence, particularly within the Haudenosaunee nations. In those nations, women held political power within the tribes, appointing and removing chiefs at their discretion.

60-Second Civics, Episode 4276: March 6, 2021


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Images: Slides 1 and 3: "GA-HAH-NO: A Seneca Girl in the Costume of the Iroquois," Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Se... (foreground), "Map of the Country of the Five Nations belonging to the province of New York and of the Lakes near which the Nations of Far Indians live with part of Canada taken from the Map of the Louisiane done 1730" , Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... (background); Slide 2: Center for Civic Education and Canva; Slide 4: "Image of Caroline Parker Mountpleasant," Rochester Museum and Science Center, New York State Women’s Suffrage Exhibition Collection, https://cdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org/d... Slides 5 and 6: Center for Civic Education and Canva.