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American Indian Studies
Colonization had a great impact in different countries in the colonial times. People lost their cultures and adopted a new one that brought different divisions among the community. As a result, the paper will discuss when the settlers become colonizers and will explain the qualitative differences between these two concepts which include settlers and of colonizers.
Notably, women were the chosen leaders in the tribe of the American Indian before the colonization of the European. The women leaders were respected, honored and were expected to lead their clan families by giving them advice (Loew). The name of the women council was the W’okamakwe. After the European contact, Potawatomi made men to despise the council of women and felt that they were inferior and had no right to lead the clans. Furthermore, the European colonizers never wanted to talk with women as leaders who became the major influence on men in the time of the trade.
Notably, there is a big difference in variables that are more indicative of settlers and colonizers such as culture and leadership. The culture of the settlers was very respected and brought a sense of belonging and identity to the clans whereas the culture of the European was very sophisticated because of the lifestyle and beliefs they used to embrace (Loew). On the other hand, the European way of leadership was complex whereby they were ruled by kings, but the settlers were ruled by women who gave counsel to the clans. Basically, culture and leadership are the variables that made the settlers and colonizers distinctive to each other.
Conclusively, colonization brought negative and positive effects that later brought division and war to different clans. Moreover, colonizers brought the idea of doubts and judgment to the settlers to the point of changing the leadership system. However, the European developed a line of trade with the settlers giving them the opportunity to exchange goods with services or goods and goods.
References
Loew, Patty. Indian nations of Wisconsin: histories of endurance and renewal. Wisconsin Historical Society, 2013.