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This 3 page paper discusses the book "Indian Givers" by Jack Weatherford, and his idea that many of the basic concepts of non-Indian society were given to us by the native peoples of North and South America. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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is important is that in the case of the cultures described in Jack Weatherfords book, its completely wrong. Weatherford writes a compelling narrative that shows us not that the Indians
gave something and took it back, but that they gave us so much that our society would be entirely different without them. Discussion Many of the things that form part
of our everyday life were actually given to us by Native Americans. Everything from the Electoral College to chocolate is an Indian contribution to society (Moyers, 2002). The native peoples
of North and South America have contributed substantially to "agricultural technology, government, medicine, and some of the delectable cuisine we enjoy today" (Moyers, 2002). Weatherford doesnt focus on any one
group of Indians, but instead moves among the various tribes of both North and South America, showing how "the American Indian takes nature and communes with it, lives with it,
but never tries to tame or destroy it" (Moyers, 2002). The book is divided into thirteen dense chapters that cover everything from "our Indian based form of government to capitalism,
chilies to chocolate, agriculture to urban planning, and aspirin to Novocain" (Moyers, 2002). Weatherford writes with a light touch, presenting mountains of facts in an easily digestible form, though it
would be hard to take in everything at one sitting (Moyers, 2002). Weatherford claims there are literally no areas of modern civilization which dont owe something to the Indians; whether
he is exploring industrialization, capitalism or cuisine, Weatherford presents examples of the things that the Indians have given us that have shaped our society. Fittingly, perhaps, given the nature of
our capitalist society, Weatherford begins his survey in the Bolivian mountain city of Potos?, where an Indian named Rodrigo Cespedes gets up at 5.30 in the morning to begin a
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