Cultural Hierarchy | native-american-art

Male and Female Roles in Native American Society

Here, you can get a feel of how everyone does their part in their society. Native Americans base their roles on gender; men are the leaders and the protectors, while women are basically the caretakers of the family.

Warrior Pop art of a native american warrior.	Mother and Child A native american mother tending to her child.	One of Life's Lessons Girls often begin learning how to harvest/gather at a young age.
Colors of Healing I based this piece off the medicine wheel. For many tribes, red symbolizes the east wind, sunrise, birth, spring and beginnings generally. Yellow is regarded as a symbol of light, the high-noon sun and warmth. Black signifies the west wind, autumn and the shadow side, or dream world. White symbolizes winter, a season of cold temperatures, harsh conditions, snow and ice.	Sunset Harvest A woman doing some last minute harvesting.	On the Hunt Hunters often hunt big game animals, such as bison, deer, etc.
Chief Joseph The leader of one band of the Nez Percé people, Chief Joseph was born Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt in 1840 in the Wallowa Valley in what is now Oregon. His formal Native American name translates to Thunder Rolling Down a Mountain, but he was largely known as Joseph, the same name his father, Joseph the Elder, had taken after being baptized in 1838. After the killing of a group of white settlers in 1877, Chief Joseph tried to lead his people to Canada, in what is considered one of the great retreats	Head of the Tribe Chiefs, like warriors and hunters, are chosen based on their fighting and hunting prowess, as well as being a good leader.