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To: Shimmer128

Why do you say "heehee?"

There are no tribes among American Indians. They each call themselves a Nation, hence Cherokee Nation, Iroquoi Nation, Crow Nation, etcetera. Or, they are simply the People, such as the Lakota People. The Navajo word that translates to People is Dine. They call themselves simply Dine (Dinay).

The Navajo and the Hopi have clans within their nations. I don't know how each of the other Nations are organized, but this is the little bit that I know.


32 posted on 03/03/2007 5:03:42 PM PST by La Enchiladita (Hunter/Poe 2008 "Once again, our government is on the wrong side of the border war")
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To: La Enchiladita

Private joke between my friend and me. :)


34 posted on 03/03/2007 5:08:01 PM PST by Shimmer128 (Molon labe)
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To: La Enchiladita
Nishnabec...."The True People"

Potawatomi....of which I am one.

39 posted on 03/03/2007 6:41:20 PM PST by Osage Orange (MOLON LABE)
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