European Influence On American Society

The American society, nowadays, is a great mixture of people coming from different cultures and countries. This community has been influenced over the years by the European culture, especially during the years of colonization of America, and many other populations.
However, in my opinion, who did most affect the society, or at least gave an important contribution, are the American Natives, whose heritage is incredibly rich and vast.
My research question, which is “how did and does the Native American culture affect the American Society” is all around the contribution of the aborigines of America and their importance.
According to the common imagery, the Native was seen as rude and uncivilized, who was an obstacle for the growth of the

The most famous, probably, are “tomahawk” and “moccasin”.
However, there are some words that we commonly use which we do not know what their origin is. An example is the word ‘woodchuck’, ”which looks like a typical English compound incorporating the word wood, is actually a folk-etymological simplification of an Algonquian word”.
Nevertheless, what is the origin of the loanwords in English, from Native language?

When Columbus discovered America in 1492, the European people and the indigenous could not communicate so easily, because their respective languages were completely different. Columbus spoke Spanish with them, while the Natives spoke a language based on Arawak language.
Therefore, we can deduce that the first language that was tried to speak in America was not English, but Spanish.
The diffusion of English, started from the 1600, when the British colonists established their settlement in the New World.
Since this contact between English and Native language, there have been several loans on both sides. “The first American Indian word to enter English may have been the West Indian guaiacum-lignum vitae, a source of timber and resin”