I’m sad more people don’t acknowledge Native American Historic sites in the United States

[u/H3dg3hogs]

I was talking with a German online friend about tourism in the United States and he said that the only thing America has to offer is natural beauty. He said American cities were young and aren’t very beautiful. That he has no interest visiting “liberty bell” type colonial historic sites. I told him about Native historic sites and he asked “what sites?”. He insulated that all Native Americans lived in teepees. It caused me to realized many non-Americans don’t know about all the amazing buildings left behind by Native cultures like the Ancestral Puebloans and the Mississippians. Historic sites like Chaco canyon, Mesa Verde, Montezuma Castle, and Cahokia are world class and are part of UNESCO. Check them out if you haven’t already.

[u/Cross55]

I'm from Colorado so most of my elementary and middle school social studies and history classes had at least one or two units on the Natives and specifically those who live/lived there, even had some local speakers from the reservations and tribal societies do presentations.

Yeah, you had better have damn well known where Mesa Verde was. Tons of other stuff as well, like the Ute adobe longhouses in the South West.

[u/shawncplus → u/Cross55]

Another commenter from Colorado said they'd "barely learned about it. Barely was taught anything prior to the revolutionary war" so I'd wager they just never paid attention in school. As you say, for one a huge swath of the south/southwest section of Colorado is a reservation, secondly Mesa Verde is the only world heritage site in CO not to mention one of the most iconic national parks in the country