The apply direct pressure to legislators.
People think the earth is flat because it seems hard to fathom that you can still stay on the earth if you're on the North Pole. This theory, that the earth is flat, was well known for hundreds of years. The vikings were the first to figure out that the earth is not flat, though Christopher Columbus gets the credit.
Hope this helps! Have a happy holiday!
Slate is much more commonly found in wet areas, especially around rivers in the United States, so it wouldn't be very available to Natives who were more inland.
There are 8 elements for a group of people to be a religion:
1.) Cities/Towns
2.) Specialization of labor
3.) Education/Art
4.) Form of government
5.) Religion
6.) Writing
7.) Technology
8.) Trade
This was taken directly from my notes. Hope it helped.