How Did Native Americans Influence The Culture Of Today

Native Americans, or American Indians, have distinct tribes and each tribe has different features, but at the end they all had a great influence on today’s American culture. More than half of our food supply comes from American Indian agriculture. Many of our established places have names derived from their language. Places such as cities, states, and even lakes. The Native Americans were hunters and gatherers and they created things that our society has built on and improved. Many of the games they played and foods they ate are the basis of today. The earliest information we have of Native Americans dates back to 1942 when Christopher Columbus sailed to the Americas. Since then, we have created places on the internet and museums, such as the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian Institution, in order to learn more about their culture and preserve the things people have found representing these American Indians. Anything they needed was made from scratch or created from the resources around them. They did not have stores to go to nor did they have half of the commodities we have today. They used materials such clay, wood, and parts of animals to build. An example would be their homes, known as tipis or teepees. They were made from animal skins and wooden poles. In order to build these tipis, the …show more content…
These games included tag and tug-of-war, which are still played in schools and at playgrounds. The Native Americans also influenced our youth groups such as Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. Our youth groups today practice many of the crafts and traditions in order to earn pins. Their culture was also influential on today’s government. The Iroquoian League of Nations had a government in where there was central power and then individual power for the states which is very similar to the United States