I know there are a lot of different tribes therefore probably a lot of differences among them.
But how did child care happen? Were there certain people/sub groups within the tribe that watched children? Sort of like a daycare?
What kind of discipline occurred?
Were parents all on the same page as to how they took care of children? Were there rules for child care and raising a child as part of the tribe?
Would other parents intervene if they thought a child was endangered?
For the Southern Puget Salish (who I am from):
Children didn't have to really work until they were old enough for training, which is roughly 5-6 years old. Until then they were looked after by their grandparents, aunts, uncles, other elders. That's due to the mother and father usually being busy with whatever occupation they had. They would be taught family history, legends on how life as they knew it came to be, and spend some time with family in general. Potentially the influence of their upbringing determined what they would do when they came of age (become a warrior, carver, hunter, etc).
By the time they turned 5-6, they would begin training until they got their first power in their early to mid teens (Spiritually speaking). Training was used to instill discipline in their hearts, prepare them for the challenges of life, and more or less keep them out of trouble. Training was usually instructed by an old man that the village picked out. And training was for EVERYONE, children of the chief/aristocracy, lower class (term literally translates to "Nothing"), to the slaves (who are born with their freedom).
Training mainly consisted of:
• Endurance Practices: Standing up to your neck in water in the winter until you were either numb or if the trainer says to stop, running in the rain, etc.
• Tests: These tests were to see if the children are willing to take risks to accomplish their goals. Placing a stick in the ground of a hard to get to location was the most common test. Failing wasn't seen as shameful, but lying meant you had to do something to make up for it.
• Team games: Mock battles for the boys (throwing clam shells like skipping rocks over water), races, archery practice, swimming, a variation of floor hockey, canoe races, etc.
• Punishment: Punishment was nothing more than a flick with a switch in training and at home.
• End Of Training: Training ended when the child went onto gain their powers by taking on a spirit. This meant they had to go out and far away from the village to fast, pray, sing, and not sleep to obtain a spirit. Unlike many other tribes, they were allowed to drink water in their quest. A spirit would come to the child with the powers that come with it.
The powers determined what the child would be best at and give them new personality traits. The Warrior Spirits (Loon, Bears, Thunder, etc.) would make one aggressive, heal wounds, make one fearless and indifferent to pain and physical injury. Hunting Spirits could make one stealthy, better shot, more animals to find, etc. After obtaining their first spirit, they "Graduated" and would find an elder with a similar spirit/profession to become a protege of.
• MISC.: Children were also taught to stay close to and obey their elders by having a man come into the longhouse dressed as a long dead (a fact which the children learn when older) monster that threatens to eat them if they misbehave.