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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 12967001, member: 8267&quot;]That seems a pretty extreme definition of &quot;traditional&quot;. Does that mean that any objects made using 19th century trade goods such as glass beads, tin cones, silver coins, machine woven fabrics and dyes, and iron tools should also be excluded as non-traditional? With specific regard to basketry, there is still a debate about whether splint baskets were made before contact or whether it was introduced by colonists from Europe, where it was a well established technique. It was certainly facilitated by the introduction of metal tools used to cut and split wood.</p><p><br /></p><p>Such a restrictive standard denies that traditions can change over time, and devalues Native Americans ability to innovate and adapt.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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