Lesser Known Facts About Native Americans

Native Americans are the indigenous people that lived on the land that is now known as the United States.

These people lived interesting lives and they were closed to nature and believed in the spiritual world but despite this, most Americans don’t know that much about them.

20. American States

What many people don’t know about Native Americans is that lots of today’s American states are actually named after them with Missouri, Arizona and Kentucky being a couple of great examples of that.

19. Alexander Graham Bell

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Alexander Graham Bell is the inventor of the telephone, but he also did important work in translating old Mohawk Native Americans documents from their native language into English. This earned Alexander Graham Bell the title of honorary chief.

18. Bent Trails

Native Americans are renowned for their skill at following trails left by unsuspecting enemies. In fact, Native Americans were so good at this that they actually started bending trees in order to mark hidden trails that led to their villages.

17. Tasty Barbecue

If you love barbecue then you should make sure to thank the Native Americans for coming up with the word. Barbecue is an Arawakan word and it stands for “framework of sticks”.