Quelles sont les évolutions de la répartition de la population en france
The education of the children was particular because only the mother took care of children until they begin walking, then it was the elder sisters who took over, the grandmother prodiguant the education.
Much later, the father took care the education if it was one of boys. If the child was a girl, it was considered as a blessing because parents knew that one day she would attract a man who would help the family in its quest of food.
As the food was sometimes rare, certain shamans had the power to attract antelopes, their only big game. They used bows and arrows, lances and shields to hunting. They also tried to hunting the bison. When they had succeeded to kill a big game, they exchanged it for the food, the knives and rifles. They also made harpoons for to go fishing.
In summer, they wore only strings, in winter they got dressed of clothes braided with rabbit’s skins. Approximately 40 rabbits were needed to make a garment. Someone who could protect his body with such a garment was considered as fortunate.
And finally, the dance of the spirits, had for purpose not to give in to the white man’s domination and to make they disappear.
The Shoshones people even fights, in the moment ,to protect their sacred sites threatened by the development of tourist or industrial