McGrath... 'Native Americans took on a lot of other aspects of the culture and economy of the invaders, as normally happens in that kind of situation. Why shouldn't that be expected??"

Native NAs had slaves LONG before they were "invaded" (wich is bullshit, in a way, but that's an entirely different discussion). My point was that *I* did not know they purcahsed African slaves.

One of my native buddies told me of the practice of placing toys and tools in front of a young male child in a rite. On one side, those of a woman, and on the other, those of a man. If the lad chose one from the female side, he could be purchased or awarded to a man as a slave both for labour and sex. That was LONG before whitey arrived. Slavery was common practice among many native NA tribes. Look up the term "berdache".