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4 days ago · The Cree ( Cree: néhinaw, néhiyaw, nihithaw, etc.; French: Cri) are a North American Indigenous people. They live primarily in Canada, where they form one of the country's largest First Nations. More than 350,000 Canadians are Cree or have Cree ancestry. [1] .
Jun 24, 2024 · The Cherokee are North American Indians of Iroquoian lineage who constituted one of the largest politically integrated tribes at the time of European colonization of the Americas. Their name is derived from a Creek word meaning “people of different speech”; many prefer to be known as Keetoowah or Tsalagi.
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- Cherokee dwellings were bark-roofed windowless log cabins, with one door and a smoke hole in the roof. A typical Cherokee settlement had between 30...
- The Cherokee nation was composed of a confederacy. Cherokees wove baskets, made pottery, and cultivated corn (maize), beans, and squash. Deer, bear...
- At the time of their forcible removal from their homes in 1838, a few hundred Cherokee escaped to the mountains and furnished the nucleus for the s...
1 day ago · The 1814 signing of the Treaty of Fort Jackson signaled the end for the Creek Nation and for all Indians in the South. Friendly Creek leaders, like Shelocta and Big Warrior, addressed Sharp Knife (the Indian nickname for Andrew Jackson) and reminded him that they keep the peace.
4 days ago · The Aboriginal Tasmanians ( Palawa kani: Palawa or Pakana [4]) are [5] the Aboriginal people of the Australian island of Tasmania, located south of the mainland. At the time of European contact Tasmanian Aboriginals were divided into a number of distinct ethnic groups.
6 days ago · TULSA, Okla. — A group of Black Creek freedmen descendants who have sued the Muscogee Nation to gain citizenship are asking that a tribal special judge be recused from an appeal in their case, claiming that he has supported legislation that bars freedmen from citizenship rights.
Jun 30, 2024 · Explore the remarkable story of the African Creek (Freedmen) and other courageous individuals who fought alongside the Muscogee Creek people during the Civil War.
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Jun 21, 2024 · The Cherokee blood law, also known as the Law of Blood, was based on the idea that clan members could avenge the deaths or other incidents happening to their kin, and women often made the decisions about how those deaths were to be avenged.
