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"As entertaining as it is thoughtful....Few contemporary writers have Weatherford's talent for making the deep sweep of history seem vital and immediate."
THE WASHINGTON POST
After 500 years, the world's huge debt to the wisdom of the Indians of the Americas has finally been explored in all its vivid drama by anthropologist Jack Weatherford. He traces the crucial contributions made by the Indians to our federal system of government, our democratic institutions, modern medicine, agriculture, architecture, and ecology, and in this astonishing, ground-breaking book takes a giant step toward recovering a true American history.
THE WASHINGTON POST
After 500 years, the world's huge debt to the wisdom of the Indians of the Americas has finally been explored in all its vivid drama by anthropologist Jack Weatherford. He traces the crucial contributions made by the Indians to our federal system of government, our democratic institutions, modern medicine, agriculture, architecture, and ecology, and in this astonishing, ground-breaking book takes a giant step toward recovering a true American history.
About the Author
JACK WEATHERFORD holds the DeWitt Wallace Chair of Anthropology at Macalester College in Minnesota and an honorary position at Chinggis Khaan University in Mongolia. In 2007 he received the Order of the Polar Star, the highest award for service to the Mongol Nation of Genghis Khan.
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What a wonderful treasure of the many, many contributions of Native Americans to every aspect of our lives. This is certain to provide an excellent 'it's about time' insight for non-Natives and Natives alike - not to mention non-North Americans (who generally do not have much understanding of our diverse tribal cultures and institutions). An excellent read from a fine author who keeps it upbeat, practical, interesting and entertaining. - Prof Mike Haller
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Indian gifts to the world,
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Prof. Weatherford writes systematically in explaining the achievement and contributions of Indians to the world. The 14 chapters cover from capitalism to American discovery. Five hundred years after Columbus, America for better or worse benefit from the wisdom and culture of Indian condensed in this little book. The food, culinary, medicine, political system from the civilized world get an Indian shadow, specially in the democracy of League of Iroquois. We owe Native Americans for their transformation to the world.This book gives a wealth of information as an eye-opener in great detail. Readers learn wide and deep in the culture and civilization that are made in America, far more superior than the Old World. The Native Americans surely enjoy a self-sufficient and happy life till Columbus. This book helps us ponder who is civilized/savage, war/peace, advance/primitive, sophisticated/awkward, complex/simple. Columbus discovered the New World in 1492, Weatherford helps to discover Native American transformation. Native Roots: How the Indians Enriched America |
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