FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY ORIGINS OF EARLY PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS
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Nez Percé
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Nooksack
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Osage
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Natchez
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: The Natchez inhabited the east bank of the lower Mississippi River and had a caste system, hereditary aristocracy, and lineage of rulership. Their king and high priest, believed to be a descendant of the sun, was called the Great Sun.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Choctaw, Chickasaw, Quapaw, Osage, Caddo, Natchez, and Tunica occupied territories in the Lower Mississippi; the Sioux, Sauk and Fox, Ojibwe (or Chippewa), Pottawatomie, Illini, Menominee, and Ho-chunk (or Winnebago) occupied the Upper Mississippi.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Natchez Indians were among the last American Indian groups to inhabit the area now known as southwestern Mississippi. Archaeological evidence indicates that the Natchez Indian culture began as early as A.D. 700 and lasted until the 1730s when the tribe was dispersed in a war with the French.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Natchez chiefs were called Suns, and the paramount chief was called the Great Sun (Natchez: uwahšiL li∙kip). When the French arrived, the Natchez were ruled by the Great Sun and his brother, Tattooed Serpent, both hereditary positions.