Title: Ten Things You Don’t Know About American Indians
Headings: 10 Things You Don’t Know About Native Americans
10 Things You Don’t Know About Native Americans
Ten Things You Don’t Know About American Indians
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10 Things You Don’t Know About American Indians Apr. 9, 2014 By Braudie Blais-Billie
1. We exist today and live contemporary lives.
2. There are multiple ways to address Native America.
3. We don’t all look the same.
4. There are more than 560 federally recognized tribes in the U.S.
5. And each tribe has its own identity as a nation, independent from one another.
I can’t stress it enough: Natives aren’t a unanimous culture across North America. We don’t all hunt buffalo or wear buckskin. Every tribe has its unique languages, traditions, histories, politics, economies, religions, and overall ways of life.
6. Some Natives live on reservations, some don’t.
7. There are American Indians in the U.S. that don’t speak English.
8. Land is not just property to American Indians.
9. A genocide was enacted upon Native America.
10. Native America is changing the world.

Content: 2. There are multiple ways to address Native America. Native Americans, Natives, American Indians, Indians, Indigenous peoples, First Nations peoples, Aboriginal, Indian Country. The list can go on. It’s ideal to use the name of a specific tribe or nation, like Sicangu Lakota or Comanche. It’s the difference between asking a Japanese person “how’s Japan?” as opposed to “how’s Asia?” With whichever term you use, be cognizant of your relationship to whom you’re addressing, where you are, etc. Context and respect are everything. 3.