How do native americans help us?

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I am a Native American Indian from Nambe Pueblo, which is a Tribe of Tewa Indians located on an Indian reservation in northern New Mexico. I recommend you read the following book: Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World (Paperback). This book is available in paper back on Amazon.com The book is written by Jack Weatherford and will provide a historical review of what Native Indians have contributed tot he world. Here is Cathleen Walker's response after reading Jack's book:

"From silver and money capitalism to piracy, slavery and the birth of corporations, the food revolution, agricultural technology, the culinary revolution, drugs, architecture and urban planning our debt to the indigenous peoples of America is mind boggling. They mined the gold and silver that made capitalism possible. Working in the mines and mints and in the plantations with the African slaves, they started the industrial revolution that then spread to Europe and on around the world. They supplied the cotton, rubber, dyes, and related chemicals that fed this new system of production. They domesticated and developed the hundreds of varieties of corn, potatoes, cassava, and peanuts that now feed much of the world. They discovered the curative powers of quinine, the anesthetizing ability of coca, and the potency of a thousand other drugs with made possible modern medicine and pharmacology. The drugs together with their improved agriculture made possible the population explosion of the last several centuries. They developed and refined a form of democracy that has been haphazardly and inadequately adopted in many parts of the world. They were the true colonizers of America who cut the trails through the jungles and deserts, made the roads, and built the cities upon which modern America is based."

America owes a debt to slavery that can never be repaid. That's not to say it shouldn't be. At the very least, it should be acknowledged, validated, and honored with the respect that it deserves.

I would also suggest you visit websites such as www.indianz.com and read more about the happenings that are taking place around "Indian Country" to find out what is going on now and the areas where Tribes are making progress for themselves and others in their areas.

By the way, I make the world's best Michael Jackson glove and other clothing, so this is one contribution that I am making as a Native American.

Sincerely,

Thomas F. Talache, Jr., Former Governor of Nambe Pueblo Tribe of Tewa Indians

My Indian name is Ohuwa Tsideh (Cloud Bird)

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