On May 2nd 2013 I wrote a posting about Connecticut
Native Americans
May 2, 2013
Today July 6th 2013 I received another article By
Randall Beach rbeach@nhregister.com /
RANDALL BEACH: What we don't know about the first
residents of our state could fill a book
Published: Saturday, July 06, 2013
As stated earlier, she is selling books, she is none
native and before deciding to write a book she stated that she knew nothing
about my people however, I still say that she did a good article and I would
guess good book.
In this posting I have the opportunity to bring out the women
in our past ancestry because she did.
My people and other eastern native people were of a
Matriarch society, not true today, women had very important positions in a
tribe, indeed a few where Sachem Chiefs.
Dr. Lucianne Lavin stated that
"They’re (most none natives) also were unaware
that Native American women could initiate a divorce. (More on that later.)"
So I jumped to the more on that later.
"Native American women were also way, way ahead
of our women’s liberation movement."
“Unlike the
white women who settled here, Indian women owned property and had control of
the children.”
“And they could divorce,” she added. “They owned the
wigwam and almost everything in it. So you just put your husband’s hunting
equipment outside the wigwam and you’re divorced!”
I hope that she covered this in a lot more detail in
her book because although divorce as with marriage was easier back then, it was
a little harder than just removing his or her property from the round house.
Our ancestors had ceremonies for everything including what she called divorce,
because the people did nothing without the permission through Sachem from
Creator so, it would take a ceremony with the tribe on hand.
Lavin listed the five key words she uses in her book
to describe Native Americans: longevity, continuity, complexity, sophistication
and adaptability.
I list one Spirituality, because this would include her
five things.
I believe that, taking everything that I have included
in both of my postings, I still would like a chance to read her book?
