The history and culture of the American Indian is sadly misrepresented because of

culture biases and inaccurate reports. In order to give a more accurate report of the

American Indian one must look at period before the Europeans, the invasion of the

Before we can set out on the road to success, we have to know

where we are going, and before we can know that we must

determine where we are have been in the past. It seems a basic

requirement to study the history of our Indian people. America has

much to learn about the heritage of our American Indians. Only

through this study can we as a nation do what must be done if out

treatment of the American Indian is not to be marked down for all

time as a national disgrace. (Pres. John F. Kennedy)

When the Europeans first arrived on the shores of America they found hundreds of

different tribes of people that they named “Indians”. The Europeans immediately

recognized the immense wealth of natural resources that this vast and diverse land had.

Unfortunately they failed to recognize a non-material

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