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[4 Oct 2011 | Comments Off on Museum Of Indian Culture, Allentown Fish Hatchery Make For a Great Fall Outing | ]
Museum Of Indian Culture, Allentown Fish Hatchery Make For a Great Fall Outing

There’s an old joke that holds that when Squanto saw the Mayflower drop anchor off Plymouth Rock, his first reaction was “There goes the neighborhood.” I’ve never believed that Native Americans lived in peace with each other before the white man arrived, and we destroyed a paradise. There is ample evidence that the original tribes had their share of problems and wars. We just brought better weapons.
But there is also ample evidence that they had an extensive civilization that matched anything the Europeans brought to the North American continent. They …