Gender Roles
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The Puebloan people’s status of women was high but there were differences depending on the social systems of either the western or eastern Puebloans. The western Pueblos, including the Hopi, based their system of inheritance and the determining of descent through the female line; therefore, women owned the houses and gardens. The eastern Pueblo were the opposite and the men owned the houses and gardens. Generally, the women would gatherer food, and take care of their home and family. Both men and women took part in storytelling, music, artwork, and traditional medicine. Even though women played important roles in religion and clan governance, the men were still in charge of hunting, politics, agriculture, and war. Women had a lot more say in what went on compared to other first nation groups but that was mainly because their religion worshiped powerful female gods who contributed in some way to the creation of the earth. Each gender seemed to have roles in caring for the environment that were complimentary and seen as sacred.