Exactly that - they talked with each other, told stories, passed on oral histories, and created very high quality crafts.<p>There was labor, but it was not &quot;brutal&quot;. Food preparation, tool&#x2F;clothing repair, etc took up a lot of time but it was not difficult and could be done while socializing.<p>In the earliest journals of scholars who visited early Native American cultures, the scholars actually complained about being bored due to actual lack of work that needed to be done. Everyone really was just chilling.