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10 everyday items invented by Indigenous Americans
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Two Native Americans in a canoe on a river. One sits, holding an oar. The other stands with a spear raised, ready to catch a fish. Kayak Canoe making Smiling girl at the beach with sunscreen on her nose, holding a tube of sunscreen and pointing to her face with the ocean in the background. Snow goggles Early bottle of Bayer aspirin A black cup collects white latex sap from a cut in the bark of a rubber tree, with a metal spout guiding the sap into the cup, surrounded by green leaves. Cable suspension bridge A father sits on a green couch, holding his infant in his arms and feeding the baby with a bottle in a sunlit living room. Longhouse replica

10 everyday items invented by Indigenous Americans: References & Edit History

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