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: Tribes are separate entities from the United States, are self-governing individuals with tribal courts and elected leaders. “ Domestic Dependent Nations.” Though not entirely sovereign, like a foreign country, American Indian sovereignty continues to be pushed and expanded. 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. Of course, there are overlapping practices and characteristics because of complicated histories.