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He Spent Funds Meant For Native Hawaiians On Polo And Porsches. The Federal Government Failed To Stop Him

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Archaeologists In Virginia Have Uncovered Long-Lost Native American Settlements Described By John Smith In 1608

Over 400 years ago, English explorer John Smith wrote of several Indigenous settlements along a river in modern-day Virginia.
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For Native Americans, an enduring spiritual connection to the land

For more than 10,000 years before Europeans arrived, the Northeast was home to many tribes with organized leadership and ...