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The Masssachusetts Mohawk Trail began as a Native American footpath used for trade, hunting, and social calling by five tribes, including the Pocumtuck and the Mohawk.

The Iroquois people have inhabited the areas of Ontario and upstate New York for well over 4,000 years.

Technically speaking, "Iroquois" refers to a language rather than a particular tribe. In fact, the Iroquois consisted of five tribes prior to European colonization. Their society serves as an outstanding example of political and military organization, complex lifestyle, and an elevated role of women.

Mohawk Indian chief Joseph Brant served as a spokesman for his people, a Christian missionary of the Anglican church, and a British military officer during the Revolutionary War.

Governance and War

Until the 1500s, the five tribes of the Iroquois devoted much energy toward fighting and killing each other. According to oral tradition, it was about this time that they came to their senses and united into a powerful confederation.

The five tribes designed quite an elaborate political system. This included a bicameral (two-house) legislature, much like the British Parliament and modern U.S. Congress. The representatives, or sachems, from the and tribes met in one house and those of the and Cayuga met in the other. The Onondaga sachems broke ties and had the power to veto decisions made by the others. There was an unwritten constitution that described these proceedings at least as early as 1590. Such a complex political arrangement was unknown in Europe at that time.

Although the tribes began to work together, they surely did not renounce war. They fought and captured other native tribes as well as wave after wave of European immigrants who presented themselves. They fought the early French and British settlers. During the French and Indian War they remained officially neutral, but would join either side to exploit an advantage. Both sides courted Iroquois support during the Revolution. As a result, there was a split in the Confederacy for the first time in over 200 years. Iroquois fought Iroquois once more.

Iroquois Society

The Iroquoi Tribes, also known as the Haudenosuanee, are known for many things. But they are best known for their longhouses. Each longhouse was home to many members of a Haudenosuanee family.

The longhouse was the center of Iroquois life. Archaeologists have unearthed longhouse remains that extend more than the length of a football field.

Agriculture was the main source of food. In Iroquois society, women held a special role. Believed to be linked to the earth's power to create life, women determined how the food would be distributed - a considerable power in a farming society.

Women were also responsible for selecting the sachems for the Confederacy. Iroquois society was matrilineal; when a marriage transpired, the family moved into the longhouse of the mother, and family lineage was traced from her.

The Iroquois society proved to be the most persistent military threat the European settlers would face. Although conquest and treaty forced them to cede much of their land, their legacy lingers. Some historians even attribute some aspects of the structure of our own Constitution to Iroquois ideas. In fact, one of America's greatest admirers of the Iroquois was none other than Benjamin Franklin.

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The Iroquois comprised five native tribes that inhabited what is now Ontario and upstate New York. All spoke a variant of the iroquois language. The Iroqois possessed a suprisingly complex social and political structure.

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The Masssachusetts Mohawk Trail began as a Native American footpath used for trade, hunting, and social calling by five tribes, including the Pocumtuck and the Mohawk.

The Iroquois people have inhabited the areas of Ontario and upstate New York for well over 4,000 years.

Technically speaking, "Iroquois" refers to a language rather than a particular tribe. In fact, the Iroquois consisted of five tribes prior to European colonization. Their society serves as an outstanding example of political and military organization, complex lifestyle, and an elevated role of women.

Mohawk Indian chief Joseph Brant served as a spokesman for his people, a Christian missionary of the Anglican church, and a British military officer during the Revolutionary War.

Governance and War

Until the 1500s, the five tribes of the Iroquois devoted much energy toward fighting and killing each other. According to oral tradition, it was about this time that they came to their senses and united into a powerful confederation.

The five tribes designed quite an elaborate political system. This included a bicameral (two-house) legislature, much like the British Parliament and modern U.S. Congress. The representatives, or sachems, from the and tribes met in one house and those of the and Cayuga met in the other. The Onondaga sachems broke ties and had the power to veto decisions made by the others. There was an unwritten constitution that described these proceedings at least as early as 1590. Such a complex political arrangement was unknown in Europe at that time.

Although the tribes began to work together, they surely did not renounce war. They fought and captured other native tribes as well as wave after wave of European immigrants who presented themselves. They fought the early French and British settlers. During the French and Indian War they remained officially neutral, but would join either side to exploit an advantage. Both sides courted Iroquois support during the Revolution. As a result, there was a split in the Confederacy for the first time in over 200 years. Iroquois fought Iroquois once more.

Iroquois Society

The Iroquoi Tribes, also known as the Haudenosuanee, are known for many things. But they are best known for their longhouses. Each longhouse was home to many members of a Haudenosuanee family.

The longhouse was the center of Iroquois life. Archaeologists have unearthed longhouse remains that extend more than the length of a football field.

Agriculture was the main source of food. In Iroquois society, women held a special role. Believed to be linked to the earth's power to create life, women determined how the food would be distributed - a considerable power in a farming society.

Women were also responsible for selecting the sachems for the Confederacy. Iroquois society was matrilineal; when a marriage transpired, the family moved into the longhouse of the mother, and family lineage was traced from her.

The Iroquois society proved to be the most persistent military threat the European settlers would face. Although conquest and treaty forced them to cede much of their land, their legacy lingers. Some historians even attribute some aspects of the structure of our own Constitution to Iroquois ideas. In fact, one of America's greatest admirers of the Iroquois was none other than Benjamin Franklin.

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The Iroquois comprised five native tribes that inhabited what is now Ontario and upstate New York. All spoke a variant of the iroquois language. The Iroqois possessed a suprisingly complex social and political structure.

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How the Iroquois Great Law of Peace Shaped U.S. Democracy

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Season 2 of Native America is a groundbreaking portrait of contemporary Indian Country. Building on the success of the first season, this four-part Native directed series reveals the beauty and power of today's Indigenous world.

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The Iroquois adapted to their environment by learning about the things they needed to survive. If they are in a cold place, they need warmth, if they are in a hot place they need some sort of air conditioning system.

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The Iroquois adapted to their environment by changing their way of life during different seasons. They would have to prepare for the winter because it was hard to go out and hunt animals in the freezing cold. You would've had to stay in your longhouse for a lot of the time. It would be tough to eat a lot of food. You might even starve.

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The Iroquois adapt to their enviorment by building long houses out of sticks and things they had around them.

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the iroquois adapted to there enviroment by changeing the way they did stuff like in the winter they didn't hunt and in the summer they didn't tell stories where you live impacts how you live because of what you have to live with in nature

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The Iroquois adapted to their environment in building long houses in which lots of extended families lived in they spanned over a long area. I think where you live impacts your live because it can change your lifestyle, the food you eat, the clothes you wear house is like and the cultures you have.

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The Iroquois would wear warm clothing made out of animals they hunted so they could stay warm during harsh winters. If you live in a warm climate with good soil you might be a farmer and if you live in a colder climate with bad soil but lots of animals you might hunt and store food for the winter.

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Based on the video the Iroquois adapted to their environment by hunting and making longhouses to live and so that they won't get frostbite in the winter

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Based on the video the Iroquois adapted by buildings longhouses wherever they go. Where you live impacts your life because if you were in a cold place you would need to sleep near the fire on the floor.

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They adapted to their environment by building there long houses to keep them warm in the winter and sleeping on mats by the fire when its cold out.

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The Iroquois adapted to their surroundings by changing their ways of life. In the winter they would stay inside their longhouses and did not hunt.

Where you live impacts your life because of your lifestyle. The food you eat, and the clothes you were, also the cultural celebrations that is all because of where you live.

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they adapted by building houses and where you live can impact how you live because you can live in a cold or hot place and you live depending on the enviroment you live in

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Gianna They adapted by building houses where ever they ended  up and where ever they went it had to be the right environment for them to adapt to other wise they couldnt build there homes

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Gianna They adapted by building houses where ever they ended  up and where ever they went it had to be the right environment for them to adapt to other wise they couldnt build there homes

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The Iroquois adapted by building long houses where ever they were at the time and they hunted more in summer spring and fall and built tools, things to keep you warm and all of the above in the winter.  Where you live imoacts you life because of wheather

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they adapted by buliding houses where they are

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they adapted by buliding houses where they are

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The Iroquois adapted by building longhouses wherever they went and sticking together. Where you live impacts how you live because if you live in a cold place you would have to sleep on the floor by the fire, but if you live in a warmer place you can sleep on the bench.

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"We Are Still Here" --- A Documentary on Today's Young Native Americans

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I picked the quote "It was about this time that they came to their senses an united into a powerful confederation". I picked this quote because it is very important because that they were done fighting.

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One quote that I thought stood out to me most was, "The longhouse was the center of Iroquois life. Archaeologists have heard the longhouse can extend more than the length of a football field." I chose this quote because this quote explains what the Iroquios people used as a shelter and how big it was.

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I agree with Gianna because her quote explained why the Iroquois people need to have eachother as a family, and that the women of the family are as much as important as the men are.

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one quote i thought stood out is the quote "Until the 1500s, the five tribes of the Iroquois devoted much energy toward fighting and killing each other." because it shows when they became a confederation

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A quote that stood out to me was, "The longhouse was the center of Iroquois life Archaeologists have unearthed longhouse remains that extend more than the length of a football field. This stood out to me because this shows that the Iroquois life includes a lot of their house (longhouse) and they do lots of things inside their longhouses. Also this stood out to me because the remains of the longhouses extended more than the length of a football field which is crazy.

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A quote that stands out to me is "Iroquois society was MATRILINEAL; when a marriage transpired, the family moved into the longhouse of the mother, and FAMILY LINEAGE was traced from her." It stood out to me because it told us how important the mother or woman is to the family.

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i picked the quote "Agriculture was the main source of food." because this shows that in order to survive they needed to grow there food and when they migrated they needed to learn what can grow in there location.

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One quote that I thought stood out is "Iroquois society was MATRILINEAL; when a marriage transpired, the family moved into the longhouse of the mother, and FAMILY LINEAGE was traced from her." I picked this quote because I think it shows how important family is and how important it is to help ecah other out. This also tells me that women have an equal amount of jobs as men do.

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The quote that I think stood out to me the most was "Until the 1500's when the Iroquois devoted much energy toward fighting and killing each other. This quote stood out to me because they were fighting and having wars with each other that were unnecessary.

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A quote that I found interesting was ¨One of Americans greatest admirers of the Iroquois was none other than Benjamin Franklin¨ This quote shows me how great the Iroquois were at governing, it shows me this because Benjamin Franklin was a renowned person from the usa. And he was one of the founding fathers and to see he was fond of the Iroquois ways are very interesting.

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One quote that I thought was interesting was "The long house is the Iroquois way of life." Archaeologists have discovered longhouse remains that are longer than a football field. It also was able to fit generations of families.

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One quote that I thought stood out was, " The longhouse was the center of Iroquois life. Archaeologists have unearthed longhouse remains that extend more than the length of a football field." I chose this quote because it shows what shelter they used and truly just how big it was.

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one quote that stood out to me wasöne of americas 

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one quote that stood out to me wasöne of americas 

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I picked the quote "The Iroquois proved to be the most persistent military threat the European settlers would face" I chose this because it shows just how powerful the Iroquois were and that they weren't just stupid hunters and gathers.

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One quote that stood out to me was, "In Iroquois society, women held a special role. Believed to be linked to the earth's power to create life, women determined how the food would be distributed — a considerable power in a farming society." This was important to me because it really shows how woman were valuable. Many women in different cultures were not treated fairly and had less important roles to the society. But in the Iroquois society, the women had a lot of power for agriculture.

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A line from the passage that stands out to me the most is "Although the tribes began to work together, they surely did not renounce war." I think this quote is important because it shows that even though the Iroquois stopped fighting with eachother, they still fought with other tribes.

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A quote that stands out most to me is, "In fact, one of America's greatest admirers of the Iroquois was none other than Benjamin Franklin." This shows that a lot of people looked up to the Iroquois and admired them.

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a quote that stood out to me was ¨the longhouse was the center of the iroquois life¨ 

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a quote that stood out to me was ¨the longhouse was the center of the iroquois life¨ 

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also another thing that stood out was how long the houses were. the houses were very good and they provided shelter for all the genorations.

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a quote that stood out the most was  "In fact one of America's greatest admirers of the Iroquois was none other than Benjamin Franklin" this stood out to me because the Iroquois had there own constitution and they had made a lot of there own stuff so i thought it was cool that they admired america.  It also showed me Iroquois were very smart 

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a quote that stood out the most was  "In fact one of America's greatest admirers of the Iroquois was none other than Benjamin Franklin" this stood out to me because the Iroquois had there own constitution and they had made a lot of there own stuff so i thought it was cool that they admired america.  It also showed me Iroquois were very smart 

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Ava

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I agree with Ari because it breiefly explains that they still fight each other like everyone else in the world. And they arent mucn different. This also explains why some people just want more then they need.

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the quote i have chosen is ¨Iroquois society was MATRILINEAL; when a marriage transpired, the family moved into the longhouse of the mother, and FAMILY LINEAGE was traced from her.´ this showed that the mother is a very big part of the family and definitly important.

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I agree with Shawn because it is showing that people have been fighting since that time and still fight today.

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I agree with Mia because it shows how women were not taken for granted and they were valued.

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I agree with Giovanni G. because he explains how even though that some of the fighting stopped, the Iroquois would still fight other tribes.

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I agree with Vanessa because it shows how powerful and hard working they were. It also shows how large family's can get.

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I agree with Ari's post because it states that they stopped fighting around 1500, which is correct.

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I agree with Mia on how women of different cultures have different types of jobs and how many of the mare very important, and they were treated as very well

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I agree with Jordan because he talks about how agriculture was a main source for food and I agree that agriculture was important.

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I agree with Mia because it shows how important the roles of the women and everyone are

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i agree with Roarke because his quote shows the way Iroquois lived

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i agree with jonothan becuase it shows how inport the longhouses were to them and how much it improved there lives

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i agree with jonothan becuase it shows how inport the longhouses were to them and how much it improved there lives

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I agree with Ari because it does show that they were fighting each other when they didn't have a reason they just did.

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i agree with vanessa because it shows how hard working they were

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i agree with mia because she showed how important the woman really were

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i agree with mia because she explained it really well and was saying that woman had an important role

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I agree with Sydney because she wrote about the important of woman. I agree with this because this shows that every role matters a lot and not just men roles because woman share as important roles as men.

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This line stood out to me in the article. ¨Although the tribes began to work together, they surely did not renounce war. They fought and captured other native tribes as well as wave after wave of European immigrants who presented themselves.¨  This was important to me because it showed that even though they unified for peace, They still fight, they still attack other native tribes.  This was important to me because it shows that not everything can be peaceful in this world.  Not even Native Americans.

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I noticed that the Native American history is barely studied and no one really knows much about it. I wonder if they hunted animals everyday how did they have a thanksgiving meal after every kill?

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I noticed how the culture was lost in the books and how people don´t tell the real truth and how younger Native Americans are trying to learn more about their culture. I wonder what happen in the boarding school era, and how as one person said it was the start of a downfall in Native American culture

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i noticed that they still do culture stuff like in that gym they were dancing and playing music and i wonder if the native american population gets bigger in schools if they would ever teach the language

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I noticed that there are a lot of people at the dances and i wonder how long it took to learn all there dances..

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I noticed that the Native Americans went through really tough times. A lot of people had their kids ripped from their homes. The kids were then brought to a boarding school where they weren't allowed to learn about their history or speak their language. I wonder if their population will ever grow and if people will ever learn the real truth about their history.

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One thing that I noticed is that there is still some people that are Iroquois. I wonder if Iroquois people go to school, grocery shopping and stuff that people do today.

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one thing i noticed is that all the native Americans children seem to be learning about there parents and one thing i wonder is how people were able to get native Americans to the boarding schools

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I noticed that a lot of them still know traditional dances. I wonder if any native american can speak their language today.

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I wonder why the Iroquois were hidden from society. I noticed that they didnt know that they could buy meat from a supermarket and that they thought that all people hunted for their food.

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I noticed that it was hard for them and there kids because there kids would get taken away to a boarding school and not even learn. I wonder if they are still putting them in boarding school.

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i noticed that they treated them difrently then they would for other people. i wonder if they are still taking the native americans and putting them in boarding school or if it stoped

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i noticed that they treated them difrently then they would for other people. i wonder if they are still taking the native americans and putting them in boarding school or if it stoped

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I noticed that the population of native Americans is plummeting.. I wonder

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I noticed that the native american culture is fading away kind of. I wonder why the people that take the little kids to the boarding school do that. I am confused on that because shouldn't the kids learn about there culture.

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I noticed that in the video, not all Iroquois stay and live as Iroquois their whole life. I wonder what the big differences between school as an Iroquois and normal school.

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i noticed that they still do some traditions i wonder how many traditions where forgotten

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One thing I noticed is that they wore very colorful clothes that had very detail things on them and spme people were poor so they had bearly any clothes. I wonder where the people who were poor people got there clothes, if they get it from animals or if they get it from thr store.

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I noticed that a lot of people still know the traditional dance of the Native Americans. I wonder if any of the people know any other traditional culture.

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I noticed that there are still people who are Iroquois.

I wonder if native american children are still going to boarding schools.

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I noticed that the Native American Culture use to be declining.