{"id":7392,"date":"2017-11-08T20:34:54","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T20:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=7392"},"modified":"2023-04-16T15:23:58","modified_gmt":"2023-04-16T15:23:58","slug":"indian-country-language-family-divisions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=7392","title":{"rendered":"Pre-Contact Political Associations:"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cultural Regions Map:<\/span><\/strong>
\nby\u00a0Paul Mirocha<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>[1]<\/span><\/p>\n

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“Pre-Contact Trade” Map:<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\nfrom Encounters at the Heart of the World<\/em>, A History of the Mandan People<\/em><\/a> by Elizabeth A. Fenn (page 19):\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>[5]<\/span><\/p>\n

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A Second Map of Pre-Contact Trade Routes:<\/span><\/strong>
\nby The Smithsonian Institution:
\nNational Museum of the American Indian<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>[6]<\/span><\/p>\n

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Political Associations of Tribes including Pre-Contact Primary Systems of Law:
\n<\/strong><\/span>and related information<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The\u00a0Haudenosaunee Confederacy<\/a><\/span> – northeastern tribes including the Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora: “The People of the Longhouse.”<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n