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The Lenape, Mohicans, and Iroquois were native to New York State https://hudsonvalleyone.com/2021/10/08/the-lenape-mohicans-and-iroquois-were-nativeto-new-york-state/
CONTRIBUTIONS The resource in this toolkit is not a comprehensive look at Native Americans' impacts on U.S. society and culture; however, these resources provide examples that American Spaces can use to foster discussion about Native Americans' meaningful contributions. The Native Americans are not just the original inhabitants of the North American continent; they have also contributed immensely to the country that is now the United States of America. These tribes learned how to make the best of the land, tame wild beasts, raise animals, domesticate plants, and create medicines. To learn more, click here. For examples, see below: • Politics and Government – The Haudenosaunee Confederacy influenced the United States Constitution; to learn more, click here. • Sports – Lacrosse, America's oldest team sport, dates to 1100 A.D. when the Haudenosaunee played it; to learn more, click here.
HOW MANY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE ARE THERE AND WHERE DO THEY LIVE? Quantifying the number of members belonging to indigenous communities and their exact locations is complicated. Statistics coincide, however, to indicate that there are around 370 million indigenous people in the world, spread throughout more than 5,000 groups. These peoples live in over 90 countries on five continents, with Asia (headed by China) the region with the most indigenous people in the world and Europe with the fewest: • America 39,750,000 • Europe 250,000 • Africa 50,000,000 • Asia 273,000,000 • Oceania 7,000,000 To learn more, visit click here. Additional resources: • Indigenous People of Western New York - https://ppgbuffalo.org/files/documents/datademographics-history/indigenous_people_in_wny_final.pdf • The World Faces: Diverse cultures of the world through the portraits of Indigenous Peoples - https://www.un.org/en/exhibits/exhibit/world-in-faces • Indigenous Peoples - https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/indigenouspeoples • Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples https://www.ohchr.org/en/special-procedures/sr-indigenous-peoples 8
