Articles written by Smsc

SMSC|May 30, 2011

There are many misconceptions about Indian tribes in the United States. Growing up in the United States educational system, students do not learn accurate information about the history of American Indians and the reality of life in Native America today. When Christopher Columbus made his infamous “discovery” in 1492, there were millions of indigenous people living on this land in hundreds of tribal nations. Each nation, today generally called a tribe, Community, or band, had its own culture, language, traditions, and political structures. Below...