Cannibalism In Native American Tribe

The presence of cannibals in Native American tribes is debatable; their descendants claim it is a myth, nonetheless factual data was discovered to oppose that. Archaeologists identified “butchered human bones, stone cutting tools stained with human blood, a ceramic cooking pot holding residues of human tissues, and finally the most telling evidence found in the actual human feces: traces of digested human muscle and protein” (Wilford). This solid proof was discovered from the site of an ancient Anasazi settlement in southwestern Colorado. The researchers think that this proof dates back to A.D. 900 to 1150 but as these traces are fairly rare, it is most likely that these instances occurred in times of desperation among the community, like starvation. This evidence almost certainly proves cannibalism amongst the Anasazi and yet only proves it to be within this tribe.

All rumors of the presence of flesh eaters amongst the people derive from the people themselves. Tales of Natives consuming the bodies of their enemies are recounted by the elders leaving their descendants questioning whether or not they are fiction. The Mohawk, a tribe located in the region of New York, is today debating whether its ancestors were cannibals. The word Mohawk in their Algonquian dialect directly translates to “flesh eater” which emphasizes that they were most likely guilty of cannibalism. The superstition about their ancestors is that they ruthlessly tortured their prisoners and even from time to time, ate them. Experts strongly believe that most of these rumored cannibalistic tribes did indeed practice some manner of phenomenon, but because of the insufficient amount of evidence conclusions cannot be made, only