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25 Little Known Facts About Native Americans | List25 Want more? Check out the History Playlist: http://bit.ly/1UtMv7l If you like this video subscribe to List25: http://bit.ly/1rPhSQH Everybody knows that before Europeans arrived on the shores of America, it was the Native Americans that dominated the continent. They lived in tents and hunted for their food. Everything was fine and then the Europeans showed up and they shared their food and that's why we have Thanksgiving and then the Indian tribes just sort of...went away. Or they walked on some kind of tear trail or something. And then Europeans colonized the New World and everything was great. That's about the extent of knowledge that an average person has regarding the Native American people. Of course, as with most of the things you know (or think that you know), it is no where near that simple. The history of Native Americans is a drama as complicated and nuanced as any you have ever heard. Many of the over-simplifications you heard about in school don't do justice to a period of time that lasted thousands and thousands of years. Entire empires and nations rose and fell within the Americas. Some cities in Central America rivaled the greatest civilizations of the Middle East. And when Europeans came, the relationships between them and the natives was complicated to say the least. These are 25 little known facts about Native Americans. Follow us on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/list25 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/list25 Website: http://list25.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/list25/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/list25/ Check out the physical list here: http://list25.com/25-little-known-facts-about-native-americans/ Many American states are named after Indian names e.g. Arizona, Kentucky, Missouri The word "barbecue" is an Arawakan word meaning "framework of sticks" Actually, English borrowed a lot of Native American words - guacamole, chocolate, chili, poncho In spite of not being citizens, nearly 8,000 Native Americans served during WWI In large part due to their service during WWI, the Indian Citizenship Act granted US citizenship to all Native Americans In the 1600s five tribes that were former enemies banded together to create the Iroquois Confederacy An all-male council was elected for life to make decisions. Women, however, were allowed to fire the counselors at any time Benjamin Franklin actually thought that the Iroquois Confederacy had a model of government that the colonies could emulate The bald eagle on the US shield is actually an Iroquois Confederacy symbol The Choctaw, Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, and Seminole tribes were seen as being more civil by the Europeans because they had a similar social system (planned villages and farms) And more... Outro Links: 25 Great Native Americans That Helped Define History: http://bit.ly/21dWcNI 25 Unbelievable Facts About The Aztecs That Might Surprise You: http://bit.ly/1Xfqcqh