Native American Beliefs

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Today, there are many people who believed that the Native American were the savages, bloodthirsty. Due to their lack of knowledge of history, they only believed in pertinent stories or inaccurate sources that led to misunderstand about Native American.
Actually, the myths and stereotypes of Native American have to understand in the context of history. The Indians also boasted of their tribes in the United States and used the name "Native Nations" instead of the "tribes", unorganized tribes. Even though the Indians did not have a civilized lifestyle in terms of whites, they had their own civilization and lifestyle according to their own spiritual values. American Indians did not accept the word "Indians" that Americans attribute to them. They

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