Iroquois_Culture

Iroquois Culture Iroquois Culture In order to fully understand and appreciate a culture different from one’s own, one must first have a grasp on ethnocentrism and how it can change thoughts and viewpoints. Ethnocentrism is a term used when someone is judging a culture’s ethics or way of life based upon his or her own belief structure or cultural values. Granted, being ethnocentric is not necessarily something to be ashamed of; everyone does it as a part of human nature. What one must realize, however, is that it can change one’s viewpoint to the point where another culture’s practices may seem barbaric. Ethnocentrism cannot be avoided. One simply must be aware that it happens and reflect upon it when it does occur. A few other problem areas occur when one uses particular concepts to address a culture, such as “development” and “advanced culture.” In the case of Iroquois culture, U.S. citizens may be inclined to judge the Iroquois as an advanced culture, since they could farm the land and had a form of government structure between the cultures (keep in mind that the term Iroquois describes a group of tribes, not any particular one). But one can iroquois, one, culture, settlers, cultures, ethnocentrism, diseases, another, two, term, society, one’s, must, loved, life, european, death, clan, between, way, understand, structure, someone, rituals, particular, part, own, occur, interaction, contact, believed, because, advanced, worked, while