It's striking that Native Americans evolved no devastating epidemic diseases to give to Europeans, in return for the many devastating epidemic diseases that Indians received from the Old World.

Tasmanian history is a study of human isolation unprecedented except in science fiction - namely, complete isolation from other humans for 10,000 years.

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies.

The name 'reservation' has a negative connotation among Native Americans _ an intern camp of sorts.

The NCAA executive committee continues to believe the stereotyping of Native Americans is wrong. However, in its review of the particular circumstances regarding Florida State, the staff review committee noted the unique relationship between the university and the Seminole Tribe of Florida as a significant factor.

We talked with Native Americans whose elders passed down oral history for thousands of years, and they said they had never seen this,