Centuries of attempts at genocide, and at erasing their cultures and languages, do not negate that. 3/

Here’s a reading list to help people who are ignorant of actual history. https://libguides.madisoncollege.edu/nativeamerican/readinglist 4/

A Century of Dishonor was written in 1881, by Helen Hunt Jackson, started outlining our treatment of Native People. 5/

The Iroquois Confederation influenced the Constitutional Convention, as their example of a working democracy. 6/

The Lewis and Clark expedition relied on Native Americans. 7/

A Lemhi Shoshone woman, Sacajawea, helped them as a translator and guide. 8/

The Shoshone horses she was able to obtain allowed them to cross the Rocky Mountains. 9/

Many roads were built on Native trails that they had used for tens of thousands of years. 10/

We have adopted their plant and medical knowledge, including aloe vera. 11/

There are over 500 tribes, so you can’t list all their contributions in tweets. 12/

As a white woman, I would appreciate Native People’s thoughts and additions to this thread. 13/