Axtell paper questions --1st installment

More questions will be coming out later, but here are a couple of options for those who want to write their paper on the Axtell book, Indian Peoples of Eastern America. You can ask questions of your own or try to answer these in the comments section:

• What relationship does a society's "private" life have with its "public" life? In other words, do ideas about the proper structure and functioning of families and personal relationships have any influence on ideas about politics and government, and vice versa?
• Based on the readings, compare and contrast the workings and values of eastern North American native families and communities with those of the Europeans who colonized the continent. What were the most important differences? What aspects of Native American culture promoted resistance to European colonization, and what aspects may have hindered resistance?