Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.
Texts are easily comprehensible. Some researchers believe that the first people to arrive in the Americas came from Asia 15,000 years ago. Others say that people arrived here as early as 35,000 years ago. Now called Indians or Native Americans, these people formed many different nations and spoke hundreds of different languages. To capture the history and culture of so many in just five sites is impossible, so today's selections are simply a potpourri of interesting Native American topics.