Native Americans and presidents

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Native Americans

Native Americans used to be called Indians because:

1. They originally came from India.
2. Colombus thought he landed in India.
3. They look like people from India.
4. India befriended America.

Punk hairdo is a copy paste
from

1. Cherokee hairdo
2. Mohawk hairdo
3. Apache hairdo
4. Sioux hairdo

1596-1617

Pocahontas

Was presented to English society as an example of the "civilized savage"

Sacagawea

1788-1812

Guided the Lewis and Clark expedition West

1876, The Battle at Little Bighorn

1876, South Dakota.

Aka The Battle of the Greasy Grass / Custer's Last Stand

Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes  versus

7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army

Chiefs Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull   versus 

 Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.

The most victorious  Native American uprise against  white supression.

1890, The massacre at  Wounded Knee

1890, South Dakota.

US payback for Little Big Horn.

Major Samuel M. Whitside,  7th Cavalry regiment.

300 (disarmed) Lakota men, women and children slaughtered.

7th Cavalry regiment honoured by US government.

“We had better, in order to protect our civilization, wipe these untamed and untamable creatures from the earth.” Line from South Dakota author L. Frank Baum, who later became world famous with

1. Alice in Wonderland
2. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
3. Oliver Twist
4. The Little Prince

Native American word

Word of other origin

 Barbecue: Barbacoa

Coyote: Coyotl

Chipmunk: Chitmunk

Hurricane: Hurakán

Cigar: Sik'ar

Pig: P'ika

Sun: Sunsr'a

George Washington

Thomas Jefferson

Theodore  Roosevelt

Abraham Lincoln

1rst president

Spiritual father of US.

'All men are created equal'

Nobel prize winner for peace

Played key role in ending slavery