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81Southeast Indian — Any member of the aboriginal North American Indians who inhabited what is now the southeastern U.S. The Southeast was one of the more densely populated areas of native North America, having an aboriginal population conservatively estimated at 120 …
82Medicine Lodge Treaty — The Medicine Lodge Treaty is the overall name for three treaties signed between the United States government and southern Plains Indian tribes in October 1867, intended to bring peace to the area by relocating the Native Americans to reservations …
83Great Basin Indian — ▪ people Introduction member of any of the indigenous North American peoples inhabiting the traditional culture area comprising almost all of the present day states of Utah and Nevada as well as substantial portions of Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming,… …
84Indigenous peoples of the Americas — Red Indian redirects here. For the native inhabitants of the island of Newfoundland known for using red ochre, see Beothuk. Indigenous peoples of the Americas …
85Second Battle of Adobe Walls — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Second Battle of Adobe Walls partof=the Red River War caption= date=June 27, 1874 place=Adobe Walls result=U.S. victory combatant1=American hunters combatant2=Comanche commander1=None (Bat Masterson, William… …
86powwow — /pow wow /, n. 1. (among North American Indians) a ceremony, esp. one accompanied by magic, feasting, and dancing, performed for the cure of disease, success in a hunt, etc. 2. a council or conference of or with Indians. 3. (among North American… …
87Comanche–Mexico Wars — Comanche Mexican Wars Part of the Comanche Wars The Comanche were famous for their horsemanship. By George Cat …
88American bison — B. b. bison Alternate image Historic drawing …
89Peta Nocona — (b. ? d. 1864?) was a Native American chief who led the Noconi Comanches in Texas from the 1830s to 1860. His band Noconis, or Wanderers, were named after him. Some sources indicate that his name means He who travels alone and returns . Nocona,… …
90History of New Mexico — Evidence from archaeologists conveys the existence of natives back to approximately 9200 BC. However, the history of New Mexico was not officially recorded until the arriving of the Conquistadors, who encountered Native American Pueblos when they …
