Roles+in+the+Cayuga+Clan

= = = ** THE ROLES OF THE PEOPLE IN THE CAYUGA CLAN ** =  In the Cayuga tribe the men were in charge of the hunting, trading, and war. Even thought the men seem like they do everything, the women of the tribe have very important roles to play to. Cayuga women are in chjarge of farming, property, and the children, sometimes if a man or woman is sick then the women are also in charge of them. These roles of the men and women are also now reflectedin the Cayuga government. Women would rule the Cayuga Indian clans; the women would make all the land and resourses decision for all the communities. Although both the men and the women have very important roles, the role of the Cayuga cheif, who also makes all the military decisions, always goes to the men. Only the women would be able to vote to determine who the representatives of the Cayuga tribe would be, they would have to be men, but at the Grand Council only the men would represent the Cayuga tribe. both the women wnd the men take part in storytelling, artwork, music, and traditional medicine.