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- From: michaelb@cse.fau.edu (Michael Rogero Brown)
- Subject: Re: Geography Help Needed
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- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 16:37:26 GMT
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- In article <20715@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> darsie@eecs.ucdavis.edu (Richard Darsie) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec31.112943.4791@spcvxb.spc.edu>, surrey_d@spcvxb.spc.edu writes:
- >>
- >> Help please.
- >>
- >> I am starting a new graduate Geography course for k-12
- >> teachers and will include as much as possible on Native
- >> Americans. One of the things that might help teachers
- >> teach their students is the taking of names for both
- >> current cites - Missouri, Mississippi, etc - and for
- >> products - Pontiac, Cherokee. I need more such examples
- >> as well as any other ideas you might have.
- >>
- >> Thank you.
- >
- >The taking (one might say "ripping off") of Native American names for
- >places and products (and professional sports teams) is the most
- >superficial way in which we have been influenced by Native American
- >peoples and culture. Do some reading on the various food crops
- >that were first cultivated by indigenous Americans. Maybe talk
- >about how native cultures in various geographic regions were
- >adapted to their environment (and, indeed, how close to the land
- >those cultures were). How about the mechanisms of democracy which
- >the "Founding Fathers" borrowed from the Iroquois League? (I know,
- >this is history, not geography, but it should be taught.)
- >
- An excellent source of this information can be found in Jack Weatherford's
- books _Indian Givers_ and _Native Roots_. They tell of the influence the
- Native Americans had not just on our language and geography, but on our
- government, culture, economy, diet, and a lot more. The books are not
- dry academic works, but very interesting stuff for everyone.
-
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