September 28 is an official holiday in the state of California – Native American Day. Established in 1998, it is celebrated in our schools and government offices, but mostly ignored everywhere else. Only a few states (South Dakota, Tennessee) have a similar holiday, and there is no Federal recognition. That’s really sad – we should …
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Great maps of the Native American Tribes of North America
The other day I found this map in Facebook, covering the major linguistic groups of the North America. Attached to it was question, “Why isn’t this in any of our history books?” It received 3,800 likes and over 5,000 shares. Clearly, it hit a nerve with many people, after all it isn’t that high quality …
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