The Life of Prtmitive Womax 



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Paper. — Eskimo, Hopi, and Iroquois dolls. It woiild be interesting to 

 have a group of small children pia\-ing with toys like those of Indian 

 and Eskimo children. 



Paper. — Pipes and smoking among primitive men and women. 



STXTOY TOPICS FOR PROGRAM 14 



The common hviman need of amusements; therefore, games of chance 



and dexterity for grown-ups, and toys for small children. 

 Three classes of toys: 



1. For attracting, soothing, and amusing infants: for example, rattles. 



2 . Those invented or appropriated by chil- 



dren for their own use; for example, 

 bits of wood, rags, and the hke. 

 idealized by imagination. 



3 . Those supplied by adults from religious, 



educational, or aesthetic motives: for 

 example, doUs, miniature implements, 

 and dishes. 

 World-wide de\"elopment of games: 



1. Games of chance. 



2. Games of dexteritj^. 

 Summaiy- of modem games 



those of primitive peoples: 



lacrosse and jackstones. Ij ^j i j 



derived from 

 for example. 



1 



Fig. 49. — A corn husk doll, such 

 as Iroquois children have 

 always enjoyed. This was 

 made by an Iroquois woman 



PROGR.\M 15 



PRIMITR'E WOMAN AS PATROX OF RELIGION 



Roll call. — Each member should name an 

 object or a force in nature that might be 

 feared and worshipped by primitive woman. 



Paper. — Iroquois reUgious beliefs and the 

 priestesses, or keepers of the faith. 



Discussion. — Are primitive people at all religious in the modem sense? 



Paper. — Religious dances and their meaning to primitive people. Sur- 

 \4vals among the Hopi and the Iroquois. Parts of Roosevelt's article 

 on this subject from The OtUlook, October i8, 19 13, and of Morgan's 

 League of the Ho-de-no-saii-nee , or Iroquois, should be read aloud. 



STUDY TOPICS FOR PROGRAM 15 



Definition of creed and cult. 



Altars, totems, and s],-mbols used ia primitive religious ceremonies. 



Common elements in religious beliefs and worship of aU primitive peoples : 



that is, worship of sun, moon, stars, winds, thunder, and other forces 



of nature. 



