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origins and celebrate the genius that we all benefit from today.
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Native People created many of the modern ways we harvest agriculture today. The principal crops grown by Native farmers were maize, beans, and squash, including pumpkins. Sunflowers, tobacco, gourds, and plums, were also grown.
Native People created many of the modern governments we have today. Some were authoritarian others were democracies, but the most famous were the confederacies such as the The Iroquois who were one of the most organized people groups in history.
Native people were the creators of modern medicine. Each Native Tribe had their own approach and can include bodywork, bone setting, midwifery, naturopathy, hydrotherapy, and botanical and nutritional medicine.
The story of humankind began in Africa six million years ago. Through fossil records of the continent, anthropologists have been able to draw a family tree of human relatives. Of these, our species (called Homo sapiens), was the last to survive. The modern human is a global species in that we inhabit every continent. Before we Homo sapiens first began to leave Africa some 175,000 years ago, we flourished as a species by demostrating our first evidence of modern behavior.
Excavations of the Blombos Caves near the southern tip of Africa have produced some of the earliest examples of thought and innovation, including engraved stones, bone tools, jewelry, projectile points and painting. By 40,000 years ago, our species had already migrated as far as northern Europe, eastern Asia and even crossed the seas all the way to Australia. Taking all our ideas, knowledge and skills with us.
The Builders of the First Human Empire
The Founders of Ancient Babylon
Israel Before the Israelites
Before the Dawn of Persia
The Founders of Anatolia
The Conquerors of Egypt
The Masters of the Mediterranean
Below are some really great links to a few of my favorite YouTube channels. Each teaches awesome information about Native American culture.
Native American Flute National Parks Sites Native Crafts Southwest Pottery Native Clothing Smithsonian - NMAI
Words On The Wind - Wisdom Of The Fathers“If a man is as wise as a serpent, he can afford to be as harmless as a dove.” – Cheyenne Proverb
“It does not require many words to speak the truth.” – Chief Joseph, Nez Perce
“Don’t be afraid to cry. It will free your mind of sorrowful thoughts.” – Hopi Proverb
“Among the Indians there have been no written laws. Customs handed down from generation to generation have been the only laws to guide them. Everyone might act different from what was considered right did he choose to do so, but such acts would bring upon him the censure of the Nation…. This fear of the Nation’s censure acted as a mighty band, binding all in one social, honorable compact.” –Tecumseh, Shawnee
“Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.” – Chief Seattle, Duwamish
“This war did not spring up on our land, this war was brought upon us by the children of the Great Father who came to take it without a price, and who, in our land, do a great many evil things. This war has come from robbery – from the stealing of our land.” – Spotted Tail , Brulé Sioux
“Poverty is a noose that strangles humility and breeds disrespect for God and man.” – Sioux Proverb