Surprising Facts
Surprising American Indian Related Facts
27 State names are actually Native words
How many Native People were here when Christopher Columbus was discovered?
Most early non-Native historians, affected by the social climate of their time, in which Indigenous people were greatly misunderstood, placed the total populations of American Indian people much lower than it actually was in reality. The lowest calculation we have heard from educated Indigenous sources is 10 million. The highest we have heard (which appears may be more accurate) is 100 million. Surprised?
American Indian food?
Over 62% of all the food the people of the world eat today was originally developed by American Indian people. Ever had popcorn? Native food!
The Back of the Dollar Bill
Did you know that the eagle seal on the back of the dollar bill is actually taken from a centuries old seal of the 6-Nations of the Iroquois? Yep! Except the 6-Nations seal didn't have the E Pluribus Unum banner, and it was holding 6 arrows in its talon instead of the current 13. Surprised?
Native People in the Military
Did you know that a far greater percentage of American Indian people per capita serve in the United States Military than any other race or ethnic group?
Indian Trails
Did you know that Native people invented asphalt? And that many of the oldest highways and road systems just followed a preexisting path or trail created and used by Indigenous people for centuries? It's true! Surprised?
Indigenous Math
Did you know that the Mayan Indian people taught the world the concept of 'zero'? True! It was known to the Mayan people over 1,000 years before being introduced to Europe by Arabs in A.D. 800. Surprised yet?
Native Earth
Did you know that American Indian people were the first to show the world a new way of looking at the environment? Thus came the concept of 'ecology'!
American Indian Books
Did you know that the oldest published book on the planet is a Hopi book entitled 'Popov'? It's true! Surprised?
Miscellaneous American Indian Facts
One out of every 100 people or so is an American Indian
Less than 220 years ago, fewer than 8,000 non-Indians lived in Michigan
Pine sap is a great ointment to heal cuts
Raspberry-Leaf Tea will relieve menstrual symptoms
Tobacco is an American Indian original (it was not abused as today)
American Indian people invented the rubber ball
LaCrosse is an old Native American game
Hockey is an old Native American game
Surprised?
27 State names are actually Native words
How many Native People were here when Christopher Columbus was discovered?
Most early non-Native historians, affected by the social climate of their time, in which Indigenous people were greatly misunderstood, placed the total populations of American Indian people much lower than it actually was in reality. The lowest calculation we have heard from educated Indigenous sources is 10 million. The highest we have heard (which appears may be more accurate) is 100 million. Surprised?
American Indian food?
Over 62% of all the food the people of the world eat today was originally developed by American Indian people. Ever had popcorn? Native food!
The Back of the Dollar Bill
Did you know that the eagle seal on the back of the dollar bill is actually taken from a centuries old seal of the 6-Nations of the Iroquois? Yep! Except the 6-Nations seal didn't have the E Pluribus Unum banner, and it was holding 6 arrows in its talon instead of the current 13. Surprised?
Native People in the Military
Did you know that a far greater percentage of American Indian people per capita serve in the United States Military than any other race or ethnic group?
Indian Trails
Did you know that Native people invented asphalt? And that many of the oldest highways and road systems just followed a preexisting path or trail created and used by Indigenous people for centuries? It's true! Surprised?
Indigenous Math
Did you know that the Mayan Indian people taught the world the concept of 'zero'? True! It was known to the Mayan people over 1,000 years before being introduced to Europe by Arabs in A.D. 800. Surprised yet?
Native Earth
Did you know that American Indian people were the first to show the world a new way of looking at the environment? Thus came the concept of 'ecology'!
American Indian Books
Did you know that the oldest published book on the planet is a Hopi book entitled 'Popov'? It's true! Surprised?
Miscellaneous American Indian Facts
One out of every 100 people or so is an American Indian
Less than 220 years ago, fewer than 8,000 non-Indians lived in Michigan
Pine sap is a great ointment to heal cuts
Raspberry-Leaf Tea will relieve menstrual symptoms
Tobacco is an American Indian original (it was not abused as today)
American Indian people invented the rubber ball
LaCrosse is an old Native American game
Hockey is an old Native American game
Surprised?