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American History.Indians of North America.
village Indian Tribes and Cultures.
 
PushmatahaPushmataha was a Choctaw chief who saw to it that his people never fought a war against the United States.
QuanahQuanah was the leader of the Quahadi Comanche when that band became the last of the Plains bands to accept life on a reservation. Thanks to his leadership, they took to reservation life rather well, and Quanah himself became the wealthiest Indian in all of North America.
OpothleyaholaOpothleyahola was a leader in the Creek Confederacy who tried to avoid war with the United States and lead his people to sanctuary in Kansas.
Sitting BullSitting Bull (Tatanka-Iyotanka) was a Dakota warrior who fought many battles against the U.S. only to be ultimately killed by one of his own.
SatantaSatanta (Set'tainte, "White Bear") was a Kiowa war chief known as the "Orator of the Plains," and for his campaigns of terror from Texas to the Canadian border.
Little TurtleLittle Turtle (Mishikinakwa) was a Miami orator and fighter who tried to keep white settlers out of the Northwest Territory.
Chief JosephChief Joseph (Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt) was a Nez Percé who, while neither a warrior nor a chief, did his best to keep the peace and lead his people to sanctuary in Canada.
TecumsehTecumseh was a Shawnee chief who united 32 eastern tribes into a confederacy that for a time limited white migrations into the Northwest Territory.
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