How Did Algonquins Influence The Beliefs Of Native Americans?

The Algonquin people wore clothes made of deer skin. The covered very little of their bodies. They did not have guns or swords; only arrows and spears. Bows were made of Witch hazel and arrows were made of reeds. Some spears were made of some wood. They did not have anything to protect their body with. The Algonquins only carried targets cut from tree bark. The Algonquins made armor from sticks that they tied with thread.
The Algonquins lived in small towns of 10-12 houses. Some larger towns spotted had maybe 20-30 houses. If the town had a wall surrounding the perimeter, it was with tree trunks made into stakes or poles then stuck in the ground closely together. Their houses were built with small poles attached at the tops in a round fashion. Some houses were covered with bark and some with artificial mats made from long rushes. The houses were covered from top to bottom. These Algonquin houses were normally 12 to 16 yards long.
The Algonquins had a chief. Sometimes there were many chiefs in one tribe. They did not have many warriors and they did not communicate with neighboring tribes. The farther apart the tribes were the more different they seemed to be. The Algonquins fought amongst the other tribes spontaneously,
The colonists believed that the Algonquins should want to learn from the colonists, that they should want to be civilized and be more like the colonists. The colonists also thought that they Algonquins should embrace christianity, but Algonquins were polytheistic.
Only chiefs know what the gods want. The chiefs also controlled government. The Algonquins believed a woman was made first. The woman then conceived with one of the gods and brought along more people. That was how the Algonquins began existence. The Algonquins believe the gods look like humans and so they made statues of them called Kewasowok. The Algonquins placed these statues in houses or temples called