### id250524333 Cahokian culture still influences modern America > The yaupon they loved to drink is making a mainstream comeback as a sustainable, local tea that can be harvested from the forest. Chunkey – Cahokia's favourited game – never went away either. In some Native communities it has attracted a new generation of young athletes and is on the roster with stick ball and blow guns at Cherokee community games. > But it's more than that. Cahokians loved to kick back over good barbecue and sporting events, a combination that, Newitz noted, is conspicuously familiar to nearly all modern-day Americans. - [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01fmspdyyx6jespc8zn1ptw2ra) - [[The US Lost, Ancient Megacity by Jen Rose Smith#id250524333 Cahokian culture still influences modern America|View in Vault]]