According to Wright, the natives considered blood as a sacred fluid in which life and spirit are present. Therefore, for First Nations, one way to respect the fluid was to formally care for it, which women did during their stay in the lodges. Menses were carefully looked after, usually kept inside the lodge and buried in a hole. Wright also states that blood was sacred to both sexes as males were also subjected to specific blood rituals during their puberty training. The boys made cuts on their legs to drain the blood from their bodies. Since these rituals were performed by both men and women, Wright argued that gender was not the reason for the isolation, the sacredness of blood