dwellers needed to survive was divided between two groups of people: the pulperos, licensed male Spanish colonials who ran shops, and the gateras, Native women who peddled their goods in the streets and marketplaces.
Historians are not entirely certain why
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colonizing the Native people who already lived in the lands France had claimed as a colony. The nuns took in and taught Native girls, converted them to Catholicism, and then allowed them to return to their homes. The nuns believed that their young women
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much love; so that they are converted as quickly as possible; and to this end you are to provide all the support and help needed for this.
He must do everything in his power to promote the conversion of the Native people who live in the colonies, but
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–1750. Pottery, slip. Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1903, Museum Collection Fund, 03.325.4739. Photo, Brooklyn Museum.
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story with Life Story: Cockacoeske, another Native American leader who fought for her people against English colonists.
Indigenous people across North and South America had a variety of responses to the arrival of European colonizers. Combine Weetamoo
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holistic view of the Dutch interactions with local Native communities.
Native people across North and South America had a variety of responses to the arrival of European colonizers. Combine Quashawam’s life story with any of the resources below, and ask
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Native Women and Agricultural Innovation
Digging stick, Nlaka’pamux, BC, Thompson River, Spences Bridge Canada
Unknown Maker, Digging stick, Nlaka
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reward for the work his wife, Sara, did as an interpreter with local Native communities.
Patent. October 14, 1673. New York State Archives. Translation by Eric Ruijssenaars.
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The colonists of New
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DOMESTICITY AND FAMILY; WORK, LABOR, AND ECONOMY
Source Notes Artifact. Classroom Application. Daily Life. Domesticity and Family. Early Encounters, 1492-1734. Elementary School. High School. Image. Middle School. Native American Experiences. Northeast
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into the history of interactions between colonists and Native people.
Pair this life story with Life Story: Marie Rouensa, another Indigenous woman who converted to Catholicism. What do their stories have in common? How did they approach conversion
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