Me too,
My grandmother on my dads side. His mom was 50/50 german/shawnee. She was raised in a rough mix of culture. They spent time in both environments.
Its really crazy to think how just a few generations ago, the world was very different. Generations is a moving yard stick, historians will use 20, 25, or 40 and swap them to their liking. But if we say life times.....even if we say the average life span is 50ys.. it is less than 8 lifetimes ago that the pilgrims landed. 4 life times ago were the beginnings of the spread into what is today central USA- 2.5 to 3 lifetimes and you have the wild west. From the end of the wild west days to the first world war, not even one lifetime. From the first world war to the 2nd was about 1/2 a lifetime.
Anyway, we always look back and seldom realize that this modern world is very very new to the US. It wasnt long ago when we were wild and savage.
Some fun stuff, check out this map of Indian tribes and see if you recognize any of the words
https://www.awesomestories.com/images/us...51ffc5.jpg
Many places have native american names, I guess that is the honor get when your entire country is stripped away from you.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pl...can_origin
My grandmother on my dads side. His mom was 50/50 german/shawnee. She was raised in a rough mix of culture. They spent time in both environments.
Its really crazy to think how just a few generations ago, the world was very different. Generations is a moving yard stick, historians will use 20, 25, or 40 and swap them to their liking. But if we say life times.....even if we say the average life span is 50ys.. it is less than 8 lifetimes ago that the pilgrims landed. 4 life times ago were the beginnings of the spread into what is today central USA- 2.5 to 3 lifetimes and you have the wild west. From the end of the wild west days to the first world war, not even one lifetime. From the first world war to the 2nd was about 1/2 a lifetime.
Anyway, we always look back and seldom realize that this modern world is very very new to the US. It wasnt long ago when we were wild and savage.
Some fun stuff, check out this map of Indian tribes and see if you recognize any of the words
https://www.awesomestories.com/images/us...51ffc5.jpg
Many places have native american names, I guess that is the honor get when your entire country is stripped away from you.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pl...can_origin