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American Indians: Woodlands, Farming, and Early European Contact
The film discusses the life of American Indians before European settlement, highlighting their origins as Asian migrants who ...
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On the Great Plains, a story of land and loss and redemption
Erdrich is at her best — as she is here — when she draws on her deep connection with the Great Plains and its Indigenous people. She herself is a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa ...
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Plains Indians and the Buffalo
A thousand years after the West Coast culture took shape, around 6,000 BC, a plains culture formed around the buffalo. The buffalo supplied the Plains Indians -- Blood, Sarcee, Peigan and ...
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Overview of the Great Plains
The Great Plains are the grasslands of the North American continent, and lie between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains. Early European explorers found the Plains a very hostile ...
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Who settled on the Great Plains?
Before 1860, few people moved west to try to settle on the Great Plains. The poor soil and harsh climate discouraged them - along with the fact that the Plains were officially Indian territory ...