Before 1492 has any indigenous peoples in the New World ever constructed any snowmen?

Your question is faulty in assuming that snowmen were only a North American phenomenon.

According to Eckstein, one of the earliest records of a snowman was from 7th-century northern China. It stated the followers of Buddha were given a blessing to build the man out of snow. Perhaps one of the most striking images of a snowman was created centuries later in the Netherlands.

@zenvelo That’s not what I meant. I was wondering if any pre-Columbus indigenous residents of America, and Canada ever built snowmen? Also what were they called?

Edit Thanks @zenvelo for the trivia on the history of the snowman.

Also, it is not known if Lief Ericsson might have introduced snowmen to indigenous people four centuries before Columbus. And Columbus would not have been able to make snowmen in Hispaniola.

@zenvelo Thanks.

@RedDeerGuy1 I was reading just last week that the indigenous residents of America, and Canada are now believed to have originated in China. If that is true, then @zenvelo‘s response might actually answer your Q. Since the Chinese had made snowmen, it’s conceivable that the ones that ended up in North America brought the tradition with them. I don’t remember ever reading that Columbus ever introduced the snowman to the New World. Then again, he may have & I just missed that part of history.

I found this article on inventions by indigenous people. I would think that all those living in places that cold would have made snowmen. It is pretty natural to shape snow into a sphere, and then add two rocks for eyes and you are on your way. People have a natural tendency to see visual patterns as faces.

Doubtful. No warm (or waterproof) clothes to allow them to spend any time outdoors playing in the snow.

Are you unaware of the recent fossil snowmen found in the famous fossil beds of North Dakota?

Of course. Young Indian children would have made snow totem poles imitating their fathers as so many kids do.

Of course. Snow+kids=snowmen!

What on earth makes you think the kids didn’t have warm, waterproof clothes, @kritiper??

They could have been making pots like their moms.
Or fish and any other thing they find in the river.
They spent a hell of a lot more time outside in wintertime than our kids do. Among other things They had chores out there.

@Dutchess_III I have a series of books about the old west.
“The Old West” by Time-Life books. Find a copy of one of the books in the series, “The Indians.”

Will do!