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Also Known As aboriginal American • American Indian • Indian • Native American • Amerindian • Amerind • Indigenous American

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Study the kivas and cliff dwellings of the Ancestral Puebloans in the southwest of the United States
Learn the derogatory past of the Ho-Chunks' commonly applied name, Winnebago
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Tecumseh. Battle of the Thames, Ontario, Canada, and the death of Tecumseh. Col. Richard M. Johnson with the Kentucky volunteers on left battle with Tecumseh and his Native troops. Native American Shawnee chief. North American indian. (See Notes)
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