The Life of Primitive Woman 1671 



PROGRAM 17 



EFFECTS OF CONTACT WITH THE CIVILIZATION OF WHITE MEN 



ON PRIMITIVE WOMAN 



Roll call. — Members should respond by giving the name of any coun- 

 try where white men are trading with primitive men and women to-day. 



Paper. — The effect of the tastes and the demands of civiUzed women as 

 customers on primitive basketry, pottery, and weaving. 



Paper. — The usual fate of the primitive woman as the wife of a white 

 man and as the mother of half-breed children. Glory of the Morning 

 by Leonard should be read aloud. 



Discussion. — Should intermarriage of primitive woman and dvilized 

 white man be encouraged or discouraged, and under what conditions 

 as to the care and the education of the children bom to the uncivilized 

 mother? 



STUDY TOPICS FOR PROGRAM 17 



Primitive woman's relations with the white man coming from Europe 

 and America: (i) as trader; (2) as husband; (3) as father of her children. 



Gradual change in the character of design and skill used in making com- 

 mercial pottery, basketry, and weaving. Assumption of these crafts 

 by men for commercial supplies. 



General adoption by primitive woman of red flannel, glass beads, clothing, 

 pots, pans, and kettles, manufactured and sold by civilized man. 



Conditions and results of intermarriage. Is this intermarriage good for 

 the world? 



Caie and future prospects of half-breed children. 



PROGRAM 18 



SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION. FUTURE RELATIONS OF PRIMITIVE AND 



CIVILIZED WOMEN 



Roll call. — Each member should respond by mentioning one gift or inher- 

 itance from primitive woman: for example, the use of yeast, coiled 

 basketry, nature myths, and the like. 



Paper. — Civilized man's inlieritance from primitive woman. 



Paper. — The Indian agency system. Is it valuable, and is it fair? 



Paper. — Civilized woman's responsibilities toward the primitive woman 

 of to-day. 



General discussion. — Is it fair to unsettle or to destroy creeds, customs, 

 and crafts of primitive woman and her children without giving them 

 something definite and better in their place ? 



STUDY TOPICS FOR PROGRAM 18 



Review all arts and crafts, creeds and customs, of the primitive women 

 of all times that have led to something that is cherished or depended 

 on to-daj^. 



