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First Americans

DissidentVoice

(813 posts)

17. Very enlightening

Reply to KittyWampus (Original post)

Tue Aug 20, 2013, 12:15 AM

Aug 2013

My maternal grandmother was one-quarter Cherokee, so I suppose I have some Native American blood along with my Swiss-German and Scots-Irish.

Back when I was in grade school, the injustices against the Native Americans were just starting to be made known.

Yes, this map should be in school books...but five'll get you ten it wouldn't make it into Texas' "patriotic American" curriculum.

One thing I'm curious about, though, is the term "Eskimo"...I've thought that the native peoples of the Canadian Arctic and Alaska prefer the term "Inuit."

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Map That Should Be In School Books? [View all] KittyWampus Aug 2013 OP

Yes, indeed. NYC_SKP Aug 2013 #1

That is an interesting map. Jenoch Aug 2013 #2

Absolutely pscot Aug 2013 #3

Absolutely. madamesilverspurs Aug 2013 #4

it would be nice to see a map of Africa rurallib Aug 2013 #5

And the Palestianians as well. Rozlee Aug 2013 #39

Of course A Little Weird Aug 2013 #6

I like it! Martin Eden Aug 2013 #7

Similar maps were in a lot of my school books. mysuzuki2 Aug 2013 #8

I wonder why humans feel the need to be separate from each other? CarrieLynne Aug 2013 #9

It's a funny human trait Hydra Aug 2013 #11

it seems to be somehow wrapped up in language. KittyWampus Aug 2013 #15

I don't think this is division, separation, etc. DissidentVoice Aug 2013 #18

It was in my American History book. Tuesday Afternoon Aug 2013 #10

Wish that had been in my history book Hydra Aug 2013 #12

great map, but with the anti-actual facts cretins in charge of the textbook committees, this won't niyad Aug 2013 #13

Would be interesting to see a historical representation RVN VET Aug 2013 #14

Yes! Yes! Yes! ANOIS Aug 2013 #16

Very enlightening DissidentVoice Aug 2013 #17

These are language *families*, which may have several members each. eppur_se_muova Aug 2013 #27

How did Apache get so lost from rest of Athabaskan? ErikJ Aug 2013 #19

The Navajos and the Apaches (both Athabaskan languages) dbackjon Aug 2013 #31

My father has a map Iliyah Aug 2013 #20

Do you have a link for this? jimlup Aug 2013 #21

It's off facebook but comported w/what I remembered from Anthropology days (one of my majors in U.) KittyWampus Aug 2013 #22

Googling "Native American Linguistic Groups" here's another map. I'd suggest doing similar search KittyWampus Aug 2013 #23

One more from an .edu website KittyWampus Aug 2013 #25

Excellent - thanks - these are very helpful /nt jimlup Aug 2013 #28

Be sure to attach a date to it ... those boundaries shifted plenty before whites immigrated. nt eppur_se_muova Aug 2013 #24

VERY good point! KittyWampus Aug 2013 #26

It came down to resources...... AnneD Aug 2013 #29

That was going to be my comment dbackjon Aug 2013 #32

It was in mine Fearless Aug 2013 #30

Big K&R defacto7 Aug 2013 #33

There is a Native American map that has been produced by Aaron Carapella.... xocet Aug 2013 #34

Thanks! good find ...nt dougolat Aug 2013 #38

It's incomplete, and some of the names are wrong. malthaussen Aug 2013 #35

Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2013 #36

how to reconcile this guilt with some other guilt GaribaldiB5 Aug 2013 #37

It's just an interesting, educational map. secondvariety Aug 2013 #40

This is a map of Linguistic Groups; greiner3 Aug 2013 #41

"Where today are the Pequot? Where are the Narragansett, the Mohican, the Pokanoket, tclambert Aug 2013 #42

absolutely !!!! unionthug777 Aug 2013 #43