Historic inaccurancies

I saw an advrrtisement for a Precious Moments Thanksgiving village
complete with the first Thanksgiving dinner. Whoever designed this
village must be from the southwest part of the U.S. because the natives
look like from the southwest with ponchos and bobbed hair. The tepees,
pottery, and blankets are decorated with southwest theme, but tepees
were only used by the Plains Native Americans when hunting buffalo only.
The canoe is only correct part I found of the Native Americans.

From my college courses over 5 years ago, I recall the East Coast
culture described with leather and mulberry fiber clothes and men had
large tufts of hair sticking upwards much like today's ponytail. Their
homes were very large wooden structures surrounded by fort-like fences
with zigzagging openings to prevent a straight path into the village.
Their canoes were made mostly from birch bark peeled off the tree. The
Eastern Woodland culture did hunt buffalo by herding them to drop into
ravines to their death. The dog on one of the blankets by the village
tepees I am unsure whether it is a coyote or wolf. Wolves live in
forests while coyotes live in grasslands and desert.

I noticed the pilgrims are portrayed a little more accurately. The
village house and church have too many windows. Glass panes were
expensive back then and would allow too much heat to escape. The church
steeple is too large for that historical period and would not have
modern siding, barn would not have siding either. The church should look
more like the house. The rest of the barn is alright. The pilgrim boys
should be wearing knickers belted at the knee with stockings instead of
ankle-length blue pants. Plus, the gold buckle on their hats was not
seen until the mid-nineteenth century to describe old fashioned people
compared to the modern Victorians. The ship looks accurate.

I am surprised I recall so much from college. Ayway, post later. Bye!