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Native American And Native Americans

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Considering historical evidence, the notion: “Native –Americans were not the first inhabitant of America is a complete false. For centuries, history kept accurate and vivid account of the first set of people who domiciled the western hemisphere. Judging by that record and evidence, below are the first set of Native-American people who inhabited the western hemisphere, including the new “America” before the arrival of another human race… The Iroquois: The Iroquois of Native Americans were one of the tribes that lived in America before other people came. Based on historical evidence, it is believed that the Native Americans came from Asia way back during the Ice Age through a land bridge of the Bering Strait. When the Europeans first set foot in America, there were about 10 million Native Americans living in America, North of Mexico. Native Americans had all separated and made their own tribes. Some of the many Native American tribes that still exist are those of the Iroquoian tribes. Which make up Seneca, Cayuga, Inondaga, Oneida, Mohawk, and Tuscarora; these groups eventually became known as the Iroquois Confederacy. The Iroquois was often known for peace and power; but sometimes, they also like to refer to themselves as the “Haudenosaunee”. Their name was given to them by their enemies, the Algonquin, who called them the Iroqu “rattlesnakes.” When the French arrived, they added “ois” to their name and became Iroquois. They were also known as the “Six Nations,”

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