In the third or fourth grade, a dozen hands will fly up in the classrooom when the teacher asks, “Now who can tell me: who discovered America?” The normal answer is, Christopher Columbus. In fact, if you were to query adults, nine out of ten will say the same. It’s curious that this is the generally accepted truth, because the facts contradict this answer, in no uncertain terms. Webster’s New World Dictionary defines the word, discover, as follows: “1. to be the first to find out, see, etc. 2. to learn of the existence of.” It is a fact that the many Native American tribes were living in America some 1500 years ago, long before Captain Columbus set off from Spain.