The Life of Primitive Woman 



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Paper. — Modem Indian homes on Indian resei-vations in the State of 

 New York. This paper should be given by a member who has seen 

 these homes. 



STUDY TOPICS FOR PROGRAM 10 



Each member should review all the topics of the earlier programs from 

 the point of view of primitive woman as a home maker and see \o it 

 that she grasps the significance 

 of each phase of primitive 

 woman's daily work, whether 

 it be cooking or planting, build- 

 ing or weaving, and that she 

 \'isualizes the processes. This 

 program should round out the 

 previous study of primitive 

 woman's daily life and achieve- 

 ments. It should also suggest 

 her possibiUties and duties as 

 a mother, as well as a house- 

 keeper, and as a counsellor and 

 guide for her children. In 

 giving this program in Cort- 

 land County in the spring of 

 19 1 5, the leader emphasized 

 the primitive mothers' inti- 

 mate care and teaching of 

 the daughters who were just 

 coming into womanhood and 

 wifehood, with the suggestion 

 of the lessons civilized mothers 

 might take from primitive 

 women in this respect. 



So far, the club members have 



followed primitive woman in 



the work of her hands for the 



material welfare of her family. 



This and later programs will 



follow her into the more intellectual and spiritual phases of her life 



and work. 



PROGRAM 11 



PRIMITIVE WOMAN AS BEAST OF BURDEN 



Roll call. — Each member should respond by mentioning and illustrating 



by silent gestures one way employed by housekeepers to-day in lifting 



their burdens: for example, a tub of water, a basket of eggs, a baby, 



or a bolster. 

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Fig. 46. — Sioux mother and child, 

 as a baby carriage 



The back 



