26 September:

Anderson presents a rather utopian view of pre-contact native woman’s existence. What are four ways in which she illustrates this to be the case? Do you accept her argument that the imposition of Christianity reduced woman’s role in native society?

Shoemaker takes an opposing view to Anderson and uses the life of Kateri Tekakawitha to demonstrate how religion empower native women. In three ways does Shoemaker demonstrate that religion was a improved the lives of native women?