10 Native Inventions and Innovations That Changed the World

Vincent Schilling • July 13, 2017

Soon after the arrival of Columbus, detailed descriptions of the inventions of Indigenous Peoples began to make their way back to Europe. Not satisfied that “savages” would be able to generate such innovation, rumors began to spread that the Americas were simply a lost colony of Christians or Israelites. Such rumors still exist today and in fact continue to be discussed by archeologists.

But all of this aside, indigenous cultures have created thousands upon thousands of innovations that are in use today in the most modern of practices, be it a tub of popcorn at the movies, the administering of medicines with surgical precision or the removal of tartar from teeth in modern dentistry. In order to give some more credit where credit is due to our ancestral innovators, here are 10 Native inventions and innovations that changed the world. These are but a few examples of indigenous ingenuity, but highlighting them serves to unswathe yet another facet of hidden history.






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Singapore

Singapore officially the Republic of Singapore, and often referred to as the Lion City, the Garden City, and the Red Dot, is a global city and sovereign state in Southeast Asia and the world's only island city-state.

The largest faith is Buddhism, it's the most widely practiced religion in Singapore, with 33% of the resident population declaring themselves adherents at the most recent census. The next-most practiced religion is Christianity, followed by Islam, Taoism, and Hinduism. 17% of the population did not have a religious affiliation.

The capital is Singapore. The official languages are English, Malay, Mandarin, Tamil. The president was Tony Tan; he served a six-year term from 9.1.2011 to 8.31.2017. He was succeeded by Halimah Yacob; she is the first female president in the country's history.

The prime minister is Lee Hsien Loong.

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Rwanda

Rwanda is a sovereign state in central and east Africa and one of the smallest countries on the African mainland. Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The largest faith in Rwanda is Roman Catholicism, but there have been significant changes in the nation's religious demographics since the genocide, with many conversions to Evangelical Christian faiths and, to a lesser degree, Islam.

The capital is Kigali. The official languages are Kinyarwanda, French and English. The president is Paul Kagome . The prime minister is Édouard Ngirente .

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The genocide was sparked by the death of the Rwandan president, Juvenal Habyarimana, a Hutu, on April 6. His plane was shot down above the Capital, Kigali. Ethnic Hutu extremists killed more than 800,000 Tutsis and politically moderate Hutus in a three-month rampage in 1994 while the world largely stood by. How the genocide happened; the background history; 100 days of slaughter. By mid-July, a rebel group called RPF (Rwandan Patriotic Front) formed by Tutsi exiles had taken the country - the killing ceased.

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