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Chogyam Trungpa Gyatso,
Tibetan Monk
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North American Indians used it as a symbol for the supernatural while Central Amerinds called it a teacher of how to overcome the lower nature of ones beastman.
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Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder
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The totem pole has become as instantly significant of the northwestern North American native people as the feathered war bonnet is of the Plains Indians or the wooden masks of the Iroquois.
The mounds were built and occupied by ancestors of the North American Indians from about 600 to 950 AD, and the site is one of the largest and most complex of this type in the Lower Mississippi Valley.
She is currently Illustrations Researcher for the 20-volume Handbook of North American Indians project at the Smithsonian Institution, where she has created a large collection of historical images relating to Native Americans.
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Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist
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These are based on the philosophy of the North American Indians to enable us to solve problems, find new ways, make decisions and see situations in a different light.
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Borg Svemann,
Woodworker
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The North American Coastal Indians most commonly used what is called a dugout canoe.
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Athena Mondale,
Spiritual Consultant
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The North American Indians use Medicine Wheels to determine your Animal Totem and I have both the wolf and the cougar spirit within my soul.
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Zhang Xian Qian,
Ex-Olympic Swimmer
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The North American Indians used saw palmetto berries as a remedy for atrophy of the testes, impotence, inflammation of the prostate, and low libido in men.
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Abu Kashir,
Gas Station Attendant
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North American Indians chewed a gum made from spruce trees, and up until the mid-19th century, this was the most popular gum chewed by Americans.
Early Moravian missionaries to Native North Americans strove to become like the Indians in order to win Indians for the Lamb that was slain.
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Paddy McGuinness,
Newsagent
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By now North Americans should understand that the theft of land from the American Indians by European settlers was wrong.
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Jack Crawford,
WWII Veteran
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Indians of the North American Plains honored the role of an entity they called the Trickster, whose purpose is to keep us alert and wise, so that we may avoid falling prey to deception, and to force us to overcome our weaknesses if we occasionally succumb to the Trickster's clever deceptions.
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