r/whoathatsinteresting • u/MelanieWalmartinez • 4h ago

Students get smudged by indigenous elders for peace and blessings throughout the year

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u/1_H4t3_R3dd1t 4h ago edited 4h ago

a lot of native americans are actually white... they are a mixture of vikings and other human ancestors who resided in north america

they kinda looked like mr bean

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u/One_Recognition385 1h ago

vikings?

???

Tribes didn't officially become a part of the USA until June 2, 1924.

Guess what happened between 1600 and 1924? people immigrated into the tribes.

Whites and blacks alike.

Tribes aren't a race, You don't have to be native american to be a part of a tribe anymore then you need to be native american to be a US Citizen.

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u/1_H4t3_R3dd1t 1h ago

Earlier than that, about 1021 AD for Vikings. They co-mingled and traded with Native Americans in Maine.

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u/Stiphlerr 3h ago

We both know that’s not the ‘Native Americans’ most people think about

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u/1_H4t3_R3dd1t 3h ago

yeah they are probably thinking more of central and western native americans, but east coast think chad mr bean with mohawks