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Did You Know the First Peoples Invented Native Circles, American Indian Center Indianapolis: www.americanindiancenter.org
Rubber?	Mayan Rubber Ball
Eskimo in gut parka with kayak	Vulcanization (Water Proofing)
Hair Conditioner?	Coastal Woodfern, West Coast USA
Eskimo Clothing	*Parkas?*
*Lacrosse?*	Native American Lacrosse had three basic forms: Southeastern, Great Lakes, and Iroquoian.
Columbus carried back tobacco from the New World.	*Cigars?*
*Cotton Cloth?*	Mexico: Cotton cloth and bolls date back 8000 years.
The Chaven used amalgam solder (Andes)	*Welding?*
*Cradleboards? (Baby Carriers)*	Louise Smoky, Kiowa, in a cradle board
The Incas used "Peruvian bark," or quinine, as a medicine.	*Quinine?*
*Potato Chips?*	Invented in 1853 by George Crum, a Native American/African American chef
The oldest popcorn ever found was in New Mexico's "Bat Cave" It is about 5,600 years old	Popcorn?
*Freeze Drying?*	Eskimo Food Cache
Canoe	*Canoes?*
*Kayaks?*	Eskimos in Kayaks
Europeans borrowed meat preserving techniques from Native Americans.	Jerky?
*Maple Sugar and Syrup?*	Maple sugar was produced and celebrated each spring after the long, cold winter.
Chippewa Snowshoes	*Snowshoes?*
*Vanilla?*	Totonaco people grew Vanilla Beans
Sioux Indians	*Toboggans?*

*Chewing Gum?*	Native Americans from New England chewed spruce sap
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