The diverse groups of Native American tribes that inhabited North America before European colonization.
Related terms
Treaty of Tordesillas: An agreement between Spain and Portugal that divided newly discovered lands outside Europe; it had significant impact on the territorial claims in North America.
Pueblo Revolt: A successful uprising by Pueblo Indians in 1680 against Spanish colonizers in present-day New Mexico.
Trail of Tears: The forced relocation and removal of Native American tribes from their ancestral lands to designated Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River.
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