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    Jack Weatherford's Native Roots

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    This Native American historical text by Jack Weatherford and its lessons are examined as part of the liberal arts educational curriculum in five pages. Three sources are cited in the bibliography.

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    of the manner in which mainstream America is indebted to its indigenous inhabitants the Native Americans. While the initial relationships between the Europeans who invaded Native shores was at  first amiable it soon evolved to open hostility. Ultimately one overthrew the other and took the helm of this "new world". This process occurred to a large degree  without a full appreciation of just what Native culture and knowledge had to offer White America. Despite the lack of recognition, however, many attributes of Native knowledge and culture  became slowly and indelibly engraved into white culture. In "Native Roots" Weatherford presents a clear and logical argument that what developed even more slowly over the years which would  follow was an interdependence of white and Native American culture. The scenario which unfolded has a number of implications, particularly to the liberal arts classroom.  For lack of a better term, this paper will refer to the indigenous peoples of the Americas as Native Americans. It is imperative that the  student remember, however, when studying Native Americans that there is no one description which fits all Native Americans. Interestingly, one of the first tasks undertaken by Weatherford is to  define the term "Native American" itself. Indeed, the term Native American is a confusing term, a term which has its roots in the initial discovery of this continent by  non-Native individuals, individuals who arrived from that continent we refer to as the "Old World". The precise determination of exactly who "discovered" what and when is one which entails  much debate. Suffice to say though that Europeans arrived on this continent at some point in the past. Despite the presence of thousands of Native inhabitants, these Europeans 

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