How do Assiniboine Indian children live, and what did they do in the past?
They do the same things all children do–play with each other, go to school and help around the house. Many Assiniboine children like to go hunting and fishing with their fathers. In the past, Indian kids had more chores and less time to play in their daily lives, just like colonial children. But they did have dolls, toys, and games to play. Here is a picture of a hoop game played by Plains Indian kids. Older boys also liked to play lacrosse. An Assiniboine mother traditionally carried a young child in a cradleboard on her back–a custom which many American parents have adopted now. What were men and women’s roles in the Assiniboine tribe? Assiniboine women were in charge of the home. Besides cooking and cleaning, an Assiniboine woman built her family’s house and dragged the heavy posts with her whenever the tribe moved. Houses belonged to the women in the Asiniboine tribe. Men were hunters and warriors, responsible for feeding and defending their families. Only men became Assiniboine
