Cultural Contributions Of Native Americans

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They exchanged many things, such as physical items and information, and cultural exchanges. These exchanges were everywhere, and there is no specific event or person involved. These contributions include the areas of agriculture, food, language, and also government. In the areas of agriculture, the Natives being skilled farmers, have taught valuable farming techniques to the early newcomers on many crops. A famous storytold technique is of when the Native Americans taught the first American settlers to place a dead fish in a planting hole to fertilize a growing crops. They also taught them irrigation techniques and crop rotations. There are many originally known Native foods that have become staples in modern American diets. For example,