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VANDOO · 8th March 2013, 05:29 AM

ITS TRUE THAT MUCH HAS BEEN LOST TO THE TRIBES ESPECIALLY BY TRIBES WHO LOST EVERYTHING AND WERE MOVED FAR FROM THEIR ANCESTRAL LANDS. THIS BEING THE CASE IT IS NO WONDER TRADITIONAL DRESS WOULD BE LOST. I SUSPECT SOME COULD BE LOOKED UP IN OLD MUSEUM COLLECTIONS AND DRAWINGS BUT USUALY A FORIGNER WILL ONLY NOTE WHAT APPEALS TO HIM TO REPRODUCE OR AQUIRE FOR A COLLECTION. SO WHAT THE TRIBE FOUND IMPORTANT MAY BE OVERLOOKED OR HIDDEN BY THE TRIBE AND LOST FROM SUCH COLLECTIONS.
NATIVE AMERICANS FOUGHT FOR THE SAME REASONS AS ALL TRIBAL SOCIETYS AND WENT TO WAR TO WIN AND PROTECT THEIR FAMILY,TRIBE ,REPUTATION AND HUNTING GROUNDS, NOT TO DIE. IF A BATTLE WAS LOST THE DEFEATED ONES TRYED TO GET BACK AND PROTECT THEIR FAMILYS AND HOMES. THE TRIBE MIGHT HAVE TO LEAVE QUICKLY AND LOSE REPUTATION, POSSESIONS AND PART OF THEIR VALUABLE HUNTING GROUNDS. BUT WOULD LIVE TO GROW STRONGER TO TRY AND GET THESE THINGS BACK IN FUTURE. THE CHANTS ABOUT DEATH WERE TO PREPARE THEM SO THEY WOULD NOT BE AFRAID AND DISGRACE THEIR TRIBE OR THEMSELVES BY PUTTING UP A POOR FIGHT OR NONE AT ALL. THE DEFEATED ALWAYS TALKED OF HOW FEIRCE THE WARRIORS OF THE OTHER TRIBE WERE THUS BUILDING THAT TRIBES REPUTATION. THEY STILL CONSIDERED THEMSELVES WARRIORS AND PROMISED TO BECOME STRONGER AND MORE FEIRCE AND TO DO BETTER IN FUTURE. WITH SOME TRIBES THEIR REPUTATION ALONE WAS ENOUGH FOR LESSER TRIBES TO MOVE AND NOT FIGHT WHEN THEY CAME INTO THEIR TERRITORY.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE.
THE VIKINGS WITH THEIR PRAYERS TO ODIN THAT THEY DIE HONORABLY IN BATTLE AND GO TO VALHALLA WAS A WAY TO BANISH FEAR NOT A PRAYER FOR DEATH. THEY TOO WANTED TO RETURN TO THE HARD LAND WHERE THEY LIVED WITH LOOT TO TAKE CARE OF AND CONTINUE TO PROTECT THEIR TRIBE AND FAMILY. IN ALL TIMES ALL RACES OF WARRIORS HAVE PREPARED THEIR MINDS WHEN GOING INTO HARMS WAY. NONE GOES TO DIE BUT TO WIN. THEY BELEAVED IF ONE DOES DIE IT IS BETTER TO DIE FIGHTING AND WITH HONOR AND PERHAPS GO TO VALHALLA THAN TO DIE AFRAID.

8th March 2013, 05:29 AM	#13
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	ITS TRUE THAT MUCH HAS BEEN LOST TO THE TRIBES ESPECIALLY BY TRIBES WHO LOST EVERYTHING AND WERE MOVED FAR FROM THEIR ANCESTRAL LANDS. THIS BEING THE CASE IT IS NO WONDER TRADITIONAL DRESS WOULD BE LOST. I SUSPECT SOME COULD BE LOOKED UP IN OLD MUSEUM COLLECTIONS AND DRAWINGS BUT USUALY A FORIGNER WILL ONLY NOTE WHAT APPEALS TO HIM TO REPRODUCE OR AQUIRE FOR A COLLECTION. SO WHAT THE TRIBE FOUND IMPORTANT MAY BE OVERLOOKED OR HIDDEN BY THE TRIBE AND LOST FROM SUCH COLLECTIONS. NATIVE AMERICANS FOUGHT FOR THE SAME REASONS AS ALL TRIBAL SOCIETYS AND WENT TO WAR TO WIN AND PROTECT THEIR FAMILY,TRIBE ,REPUTATION AND HUNTING GROUNDS, NOT TO DIE. IF A BATTLE WAS LOST THE DEFEATED ONES TRYED TO GET BACK AND PROTECT THEIR FAMILYS AND HOMES. THE TRIBE MIGHT HAVE TO LEAVE QUICKLY AND LOSE REPUTATION, POSSESIONS AND PART OF THEIR VALUABLE HUNTING GROUNDS. BUT WOULD LIVE TO GROW STRONGER TO TRY AND GET THESE THINGS BACK IN FUTURE. THE CHANTS ABOUT DEATH WERE TO PREPARE THEM SO THEY WOULD NOT BE AFRAID AND DISGRACE THEIR TRIBE OR THEMSELVES BY PUTTING UP A POOR FIGHT OR NONE AT ALL. THE DEFEATED ALWAYS TALKED OF HOW FEIRCE THE WARRIORS OF THE OTHER TRIBE WERE THUS BUILDING THAT TRIBES REPUTATION. THEY STILL CONSIDERED THEMSELVES WARRIORS AND PROMISED TO BECOME STRONGER AND MORE FEIRCE AND TO DO BETTER IN FUTURE. WITH SOME TRIBES THEIR REPUTATION ALONE WAS ENOUGH FOR LESSER TRIBES TO MOVE AND NOT FIGHT WHEN THEY CAME INTO THEIR TERRITORY. ANOTHER EXAMPLE. THE VIKINGS WITH THEIR PRAYERS TO ODIN THAT THEY DIE HONORABLY IN BATTLE AND GO TO VALHALLA WAS A WAY TO BANISH FEAR NOT A PRAYER FOR DEATH. THEY TOO WANTED TO RETURN TO THE HARD LAND WHERE THEY LIVED WITH LOOT TO TAKE CARE OF AND CONTINUE TO PROTECT THEIR TRIBE AND FAMILY. IN ALL TIMES ALL RACES OF WARRIORS HAVE PREPARED THEIR MINDS WHEN GOING INTO HARMS WAY. NONE GOES TO DIE BUT TO WIN. THEY BELEAVED IF ONE DOES DIE IT IS BETTER TO DIE FIGHTING AND WITH HONOR AND PERHAPS GO TO VALHALLA THAN TO DIE AFRAID.