Scott Sewell has several drawings posted on his blog:
Wace. This one I love. Such tenderness.
This is kinda funny. The Native American society was not a hierarchy, like white society. I found out recently that the Chief system was forced upon them by the whites–they had been an egalitarian society prior to that, so there were no princes or princesses…strictly a figment of someone’s vivid imagination.
The very name for whites–wasichu –was because of white people’s way of taking for themselves without regard for the others. This name means “one who takes the fat” because the very first white man that walked into an Native American village was hungry. He was offered some meat from a deer killed recently. Since the deer is very lean, the Native Americans reserved the fat for the elderly and the children. They saw this white man as selfish for his actions.
Also, if a Native American acquired wealth, he/she is expected to share that in what they called the “giveaway”. Once a year, the wealthy will spread their things out on a blanket and those who are in need could come and take what they needed.
And they saw America as a complex ecology that required careful cultivation. They were careful to always leave plants behind instead of taking them all. Same with animals. They always treated the animals with respect and prayed over the ones they used for meat, clothing and tools.
Eagle 