Talk:List of pre-Columbian inventions and innovations of Indigenous Americans

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Im going to need much needed help with this. I am using a 384 page book as referance, but I know there is much more contributions out there. I think that this article should have brief summaries of each contribution and pictures every now and then so that it will not be extremely long.--Manny 21:29, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Is there any proof of instant meals being created by the Native Americans? I was unable to find any. 203.87.119.103

Huh?
What is this page about? I got here from Image:Llama, peru, machu picchu.jpg, and I wonder what it is. --User:Krator (t c) 23:37, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Vague and misleading title
The current title, Native American contributions, doesn't really make a lot of sense. To whom did Native Americans give their contributions? The article essentially appears to be an alphabetical list of a random assortment of loanwords into English from various languages indigenous to the Americas, various plants and animals originating in the Americas, and various cultural practices and techniques that have been adopted into the Western World from Amerindian peoples. The first entry is "abstract art". Saying that abstract art was invented by Native Americans is about as intelligent as saying that America was discovered by Columbus. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.252.116.20 (talk) 05:49, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

Electricity
Removed this http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Native_American_contributions&action=historysubmit&diff=374673223&oldid=360832755

Neither of the references appear to confirm electroplating, the second only contains a description of etching, nothing to do with electricity.

Are there any reliable sources for evidence of this excluded the commonly repeated claim that "moche used electroplating"? What artifacts are known to have been gold plated?77.86.76.212 (talk) 13:42, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

eg see http://www.jstor.org/pss/280051 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sf5xeplus (talk • contribs) 13:49, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Incomplete or misleading or not shared
Anaesthetic section disagrees with Wiki history of Western aesthetic- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_general_anesthesia#Antiquity

Wiki disagrees on Aspirin, as Hippocrates documented its production- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspirin#History

Barbeque is an etymological contribution (cooking with fire is prehistorical)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbecue#Etymology

While ball games were played by Native Americans, Wiki disagrees on the history of "basketball"- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_basketball

There is certainly a contribution in popularization of hammocks, but origin is disputed- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammocks#History

Native American contribution of Shinny/Ice Hockey isn't recorded in Wikipedia- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinny#History_and_name_origin

Potato Chips have a completely different widely-accepted history- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato_chips#History

Instant Food (TV Dinners) is spurious. It may be referring to pemmican, jerky, or some ingredients of trail mix, which are preserved instantly-edible foods.

Excellent idea for an article; Native contribution info is missing from education, but needs sources. Researched info should be propagated to other articles, and unverified writings deleted. When Native American ideas contributed to or developed into modern concepts/objects, that should be mentioned specifically. Without a lead section or context, the article seems to claim Calendars and TV Dinners and Balls solely as Native American contributions. This article could become contentious, and when info is missing, misleading, or inconsistent, it all looks like nonsense when much isn't. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.151.108.107 (talk) 07:23, 26 November 2012 (UTC)