8 INCREDIBLE INVENTIONS OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE AMERICAS | History

From goggles to kayaks and much more, these are 8 Incredible Inventions of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas that will never be forgotten, in this episode of History Countdown.

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[veggieboyultimate]

Thank the indigenous people for coming up these bright ideas!

[CLOSPLAYZ]

Love and respect to the the indegenous people.

[Harakan]

They forgot to mention Chocolate was first used by the Mayans.

[brettbarager]

So great to see this! Really counters the stereotypes that too many people have.

[elenal]

You forgot their most important contribution:: the extent of plant domestication, that is to say agriculture.

[surrealist]

Inuit also invented wet-suits and anorak/hooties :-)

[nativearizona]

They also invented Native American beading, an art unto itself~

[ThumperThumper-uooo]

I love my hammock best sleep I've ever had in my life. Took a few weeks to get used to the swinging. Tip use a tarp clip attached to one side about 1/3 from the end of the hammock and attach a Bungie cord to the ground . It slows the swing and no motion sickness from the side to side swinging.

[savsevs]

We made a tool that's seen today to etch out or chip away the center of canoes that were made of redwood logs.

[MrLM]

I did not know suspension bridges, syringes, and bouncy balls were invented by Native Americans (using the term in it's most broad sense to describe all indigenous peoples of North and South America) Everything else however I knew of.

It's pretty odd to think of how the kayak has changed in construction over the years to a relatively heavy (yet durable and cheap) plastic Kayak that is the standard today.

[Catholic]

The part where she said they're roped into the event 3:22 I started laughing I don't know why!😂

[donavonbain]

You forgot elm bark, similar to ibuprofen/ aleave

[Bellthorian]

At the 1:07 mark we see the first prototype of Geordi La Forge's visor.

[bestia.]

How about dropping some of those dollars into the Native American communities. I mean, the poverty conditions they live in were largely contributed by anglo-americans

[johnramirez]

Great vid. The indigenous people of all regions were abused and had there land stolen. Very sad indeed.

[Kakashiruata]

Humans are not dumb even in the ancient times
We are very curious and a good problem solvers

[jigglycupcake]

Columbus reported people sleeping in nets between trees in Hispanola

[pazzodi]

They are not Aztecs!
They are Mexica!
The Aztlan didn't even exist when the Spaniards showed.. the Aztlan are the grandfather's of the Mexica, but they were the past civilizations that didn't exist anymore

[Dan-qtkq]

Not only did my ancestors survive, they thrived. They knew how to use everything from an animal, how to tan it’s hide into soft fur, how to sew, how to take the bark of a tree and make a durable boat out of it. They worked all together for betterment of the community they were in, nit” hey leave that alone it’s not yours”, or “get out of here I own this property”. The the Europeans, Spanish, French, or “Whiteman”, came and tried to change them. Tried to make them believe in something that they didn’t care about because they believed in the land, they were not wrong, everyone else was. Then the WMtook stuff from them, land ect, the natives fought back, then they became the savages, holy cow, way from truth. They raped their woman, or stole them, savagely killed them, and the natives are the ones always at fault. Then they were promised things, land or money, then the government never did anything Or held up there end, or stole kids from arms of mothers, took them thousands of miles away, tried to beat them into submission, or killed the kids in mass graves so not to have to deal with them, or priests raped the girls, got them pregnant then, take the babies and kill them. Wow, such great people those Catholics. I say, make the Catholic Church start paying up. They caused it so they should help make it right.

[fredflinstone]

The kyack statement about dad pulling out!?!???