Compare And Contrast The Three Native American Tribes

The three Native American tribes I chose to study were the Wampanoag from the east, Shoshone tribe from the west, and Comanche from the South. All three had differences and similarities, but their traditions, and history are very similar. The Native Americans migrated depending on the season because of the different crops that grew every season. Along with migrating they would also have to create wigwams, longhouses, and teepees each time they moved. Furthermore, their diet consisted of a wide variety of crops except corn, beans, and squash were the most common crops collected. As well as vegetables their diet consisted of wild animals like deers, fish such as haddock, and lastly nuts, berries, and roots. Basically they ate almost anything they could get their hands on. Aside from their diet, the Native Americans traditions, and religions were complementary.

Spiritualism was based off of being thankful for nature, animals, and every living thing. Similarly their traditions revolved around their religion, around every harvest they have a celebration where they thank and pray to the creator for providing substance. Uniquely their celebrations incorporate sharing food, dancing, and singing. However all of these celebrations and sharing of food wouldn’t be possible without the help of the women. In Native American societies women were responsible for lots of hard work, in exchange unlike many other cultures they were granted power. Moreover they were able to own their own houses, trade their crops, and even divorce. While women were responsible for harvesting, building, healing, and raising children, on the other hand the men’s role was to hunt, make weapons, fight, and handle political and religious deals. Correspondingly these deals, and wars were mainly because of controversy between white