Before I begin, I want to stress that I am aware that Native American cultures are not a monolith, and that each region, culture, and era will probably have its own answer to this question.
That being said, I am interested in how different situations may have lead to different views, accommodations, and treatment of disabled people, and particularly with regards to disabilities like paraplegia. Would the Hopi view of somebody with limited mobility differ from that of say, the Ancestral Puebloans? Or, if we go across the country, would we see different views of disability in the vastly-different climate of the Eastern seaboard? To what extent does era and environment affect such attitudes?
Thanks in advance!
Out of the Curiosity of it, what did the Native Americans do to the disabled and sick before Christopher Columbus and the settlers? I don't know, my college professor doesn't know, and Google doesn't know. written by u/Kelpie-Cat is a 4 part answer that touches on various forms of disability across various pre-Columbian societies in North and South America. H