Squanto

Squanto was a Native American who had learned English from fishers that had landed on the coast earlier. He was a key part in keeping the peace between the Native Americans. He had served as a translator between the Wampanoag tribe and the pilgrims. He also taught the pilgrams ways to survive like planting crops and scavaging for food. I believe that without Squanto or another Native American who spoke English and was willing to help the pilgrims the colony would of failed by either a limited ammount of supplies or by being wiped out by the Native Americans. While towards the end of Squanto's life both sides began to distrust him, all of the life-saving actions squanto did for the pilgirms will never be forgotten.

La Relacion Journal

This picture is of the healings that Cabeza de Vaca was forced to preform while staying in the Native American village. This picture while it does seem to be very gruesome and painful to the person being healed seems to be very accurate. Cabeza de Vaca is currently cutting the wound open so that he can suck the poison, cauterize it, and blow on it so that he can heal the person. The person in the back holding the cross could be inaccurate, but there was no dismention of the cross in the journal so there could of been someone doing so.

Here is an interesting video of a Native American dance and chant. This video shows that even after all the oppression of native americans and kicking them our of their lands their culture and chants have still survived. While I do not understand what they are saying I can tell that they take everything very serious and any adult can take part in the rituals.
Native American Dance