LITTLE KNOWN FACTS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS

MANY AMERICAN STATES ARE NAMED AFTER

INDIAN NAMES E.G. ARIZONA, KENTUCKY, MISSOURI

THE WORD "BARBECUE" IS AN ARAWAKAN WORD

MEANING "FRAMEWORK OF STICKS"

ACTUALLY, ENGLISH BORROWED A LOT OF

NATIVE AMERICAN WORDS, GUACAMOLE,

CHOCOLATE, CHILLI, PONCHO

IN SPITE OF NOT BEING CITIZENS, NEARLY 8,000

NATIVE AMERICANS SERVED DURING WWI

IN LARGE, PART DUE TO THEIR SERVICE DURING

WWI, THE INDIAN CITIZENSHIP ACT GRANTED U.S.

CITIZENSHIP TO ALL NATIVE AMERICANS

IN THE 1600’S FIVE TRIBES THAT WERE FORMER

ENEMIES BANDED TOGETHER TO CREATE

THE IROQUOIS CONFEDERACY

AN ALL-MALE COUNCIL WAS ELECTED FOR LIFE

TO MAKE DECISIONS. WOMEN, HOWEVER, WERE

ALLOWED TO FIRE THE COUNSELORS AT ANY TIME

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ACTUALLY THOUGHT THAT

THE IROQUOIS CONFEDERACY HAD A MODEL

OF GOVERNMENT THAT THE COLONIES

COULD EMULATE

THE BALD EAGLE ON THE U.S. SHIELD IS

ACTUALLY AN IROQUOIS CONFEDERACY SYMBOL