Question

One goal of christian missionaries was to break up multi-family units within native american tribes since these were common in matrilineal societies and gave too much authority to older women in the tribe.

Answer 1

This is TRUE


The early christian missionaries in North America had a stated and deliberate goal to break up the multi-family units within Native American Tribes.

The idea was to eradicate a system where older woman in a tribe held considerable power and authority.

For European Christians, this system was seen as anti-christian, barbaric and backward.