Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World Jack Weatherford explains how the peoples of the Americas have been forgotten for. Indian Givers turned out to be an educational and at the same time very sobering read. Because while Jack Weatherford makes a very strong point as to why the. “As entertaining as it is contemporary writers have Weatherford’s talent for making the deep sweep of history seem vital and immediate.”.
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For more help see the Common Knowledge help page. It’s a great read nevertheless. I was particularly taken with Weatherford’s insights into the influence of the Iroquois Nation on the U. From metals to agriculture to medicine, Native Americans revolutionized the world and paved the way for the Industrial Revolution.
The knowledge of food that will grow under adverse conditions – maybe even in space? Company recruiters selected voyageurs of uniform height and weight to portage canoes built by Indian women around the fort. Indians changed what the rest of the world ate and grew permanently. I was completely unaware that so many prominent European thinkers and writers including Karl Marx were so profoundly influenced by the American Indian form of government and political practices, especially those of the League of the Iroquois.
Saying that without the contributions of Americans both North and Southmany of the things we take for granted would never have happened.
He took the message, wratherford in written or verbal form, and ran it up to the next stop – miles away! Much of the information concerns native cultures in Central and South America, among whom the author traveled extensively, rather than North America.
Indian Givers turned out to be an educational and at the same time very sobering read. Ijdian to Book Page. To ask other readers questions about Indian Giversplease sign up. These include democratic institutions, modern medicine, agriculture, architecture, and ecology. I would’ve preferred more purely political contributions, or at least critical analysis of how the United States government, specifically, incorporated American Indian ideals into their own infrastructures — this is touched on somewhat, but as much as I would’ve liked.
Oct 23, Zee Huxley rated it it was amazing. Jack Weatherford explains how the peoples of the Americas have been forgotten for their contributions to the modern world.
Feb 05, Dr. Weatherford identifies how the term came into usage and as such, for better or worse, it has been cemented into usage. I highly recommend reading it. Francis Drake organized one of the first syndicates launching the Golden Hind for the specific purpose of plundering the silver of Potosi being shipped out of Arica, Chile.
American Indians had developed a complex technology of dyes–brazilin, achiote. And then the population exploded, as Europeans finally had enough to eat and to trade.
They developed hundreds of kinds of crops adapted to hundreds of conditions. He took the message, either in written or verbal form, and ran it up to the next stop – miles away! Workers work for food and return, much like Germans would like Turks and others to do, is the pleasure of pale colour races?
In fact, some of those roads were transformed into the modern roads used there today. America is a racist term by definition. Dec 21, Brie rated it really liked it Shelves: Just corn and potatoes by themselves had revolutionized agriculture forever.
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I found this an immensely important study to read; as creative non-fiction, I found it well written and engaging. Think we got that from the Greeks and Romans? Europeans used animal power, which the Indians couldn’t use.
Weatherford extols the design and construction of the Inca roads, but fails to recognize that the Romans created an equally intricate paved road system ewatherford earlier.
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The overarching thesis is to examine what physical and cultural resources Europeans have appropriated – uncredited – from the indigenous peoples of this region, and how these exported products and ideas have changed weatheeford been adopted by other cultures around the globe.
My commentary below apart from the book.
Either way, this is a fascinating book. Now, quinoa is ubiquitous! Tribes of Native Americans from around the country gathering together, protesting an oil pipeline that will run through the heart of the U.
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There are so many fascinating wrinkles to history this book brings out, I can’t recommend it highly enough. HistReader Jan 19, Ch. Pero esta es la otra. It reminded me that the history of America did not start on Plymouth Rock or Jamestown or anywhere like that. For thousands of years people have camped in this area, and developed agricultural life. I had always wondered about the unique form of federalized democracy we had here, which I had previously ascribed to the genius of the Founding Fathers.
The League of the Iroquois provided a living, well-functioning example of a true democracy in action that our founders were weatherfod to study through personal interaction and immersion over several decades leading up to our independence.
Mar 25, Rachel Jackson rated it liked it. Unlikely, since if anything they are connected to Siberia and Mongolia and Pacific islands, which makes far more sense. His ideas, which are boldly stated, are often presented in a glib manner, and at points errors of omission shine through. And there is still much more to learn from all North a Growing up in “Iroquoi lands” of upstate NY, I was always intrigued with the names of local towns and lakes, and obviously learned their origins were Native American.