Yir-Yoront Steel Axe

During the nineteenth century there was a vast amount of blood and trade between southerners and the Yir Yoront. At the heart of all the blood and trade rose the steel axe. This single piece of equipment played a vital role in the society of the Yir Yoront. This item became more and more used by the Yir Yoront for wide array of reasons.
When the Yir Yoront started out they only had a stone-ax which was primarily used to catch food and chop any large item that could not be taken down with a smaller tool. This tool ties into the Yir Yoront culture very deeply for the main reason is that only them men could create a stone. The reason behind this is the fact that the men knew what types of natural resources need to create such a tool. These materials

This introduction had many benefits but also had a few recessions as well. For starters the positives of the steel axe would be the abundance of the axes. This meant that there was a pecking order or a never ending process of making or repairing axes for everyone in their society. Another positive would be the task at hand became easier for the women and men, along with the children that had job obligations. The steel axe played a big role in reducing the stress of the Yir Yoront. Even with all these great improvements in their way of life the Yir Yoront had a major problem placed upon them. When they had the stone axe they were handed by the men in monopoly fashion. When the missions gave out the steel axe they gave them to anybody who could hold one up, this ended the monopoly and lead to confusion of sex, age, and kinship roles which are very important in their way of life. Trade was also affected by these axes by making those young men who traded and carried the steel axes to become more insubordinate to higher authority. Cultural events became less exciting among the Yir Yoront. One of the biggest events was when the men would set out to find a whole year worth of supplies. With this event hardly taking place and the women being prostituted out the relationship between the Yir Yoront changed. The partnership was weakened and the attendance of ceremonies dropped. This was a huge change amongst the Yir Yoront society considering the fact that they would always have big ceremonies in which the whole tribe would