By Bethanne Kelly Patrick
Whilst learning the indigenous peoples of North, imperative, and South the United States, you will need to remember the fact that local American cultures are hugely diversified. With greater than 500 local American international locations and three hundred diverse language teams, there are few common features that practice throughout tribal limitations. Traditions, ceremonies, activities, video games, dance, subsistence styles, garments, and faith frequently differed tremendously from tribe to tribe. The local American existence sequence has been written to dispel the various myths and stereotypes approximately local American heritage and traditions, and to supply a extra actual and encompassing trip into the realm of local americans.
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33 A woman named Frances Densmore uses a wax cylinder phonograph to record the native language of the Blackfoot Indians in 1916. Had scholars not taken an interest in native languages when they did, many of the subtleties of the cultures may have been lost. 34 This Mayan temple was built more than 1,500 years ago. D. 900, native people living in Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala still speak the language. Not everyone believes that losing languages is bad. Some people say that it is natural to lose languages over time.
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When a language dies, information about a culture is lost forever. Modern linguists say that about four languages disappear every two months, and at that rate, half of the world’s existing 6,000-plus languages will be gone by the next century. Over half of these existing languages are spoken in nine countries, including India and China. Only 5 to 10 percent of these existing languages are considered entirely secure. 33 A woman named Frances Densmore uses a wax cylinder phonograph to record the native language of the Blackfoot Indians in 1916.