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Native Americans for kids: Cherokee, Apache, Navajo, Iroquois and Sioux

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This lesson is focusing on the five largest Native American tribes and nations. Watch the Kid's Academy video and complete the lesson.

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The video introduced us to five of the largest nations, but let's look a little closer at the Native American History. Read this article from Ducksters about Native American history. In this Duckster's article, you can see a map which shows the regions of America and where the tribes lived.If you want to learn more about how the Native Americans lived and more about specific tribes, this fact sheet offers many resources for you to investigate.
While several Native American tribes are thriving in our modern world, many others were driven to extinction. Learning about their culture and their history is important to making sure we understand how America came to be.

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