Employment and Unemployment
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Social Science
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians, Work, Employment
- Curriculum: American Indian History
- Geographical Location: United States
Article abstract: Before contact with Europeans, the labor of American Indians served group or tribal purposes; employment and unemployment patterns in the twentieth century reflected the profound disruption of Indian life that occurred following contact
In the pre-contact period, Indians had extensive trading networks throughout Canada, the United States, and Central and South America. Agricultural goods, manufactured items such as jewelry, pottery, and tanned hides, and natural resources such as seashells were bartered or sold.
Traditional Labor
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