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Who Was Squanto and What Was His Role in the First Thanksgiving?

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For generations, the dominant cultural narrative of America’s Thanksgiving holiday has told how a Native American man named Squanto showed the Pilgrims how to get food after they arrived on…

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Why the War of 1812 Was a Turning Point for Native Americans

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Just three decades after the United States broke free from Great Britain with the American Revolution, the two nations once again went to battle in the War of 1812. But this…

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How Native Americans Protected Alaska During WWII

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In early June of 1942, six months after Pearl Harbor formally jolted the U.S. into World War II, the Japanese mounted another surprise bombing attack—this time, on Dutch Harbor in…

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How a Cherokee Leader Ensured His People’s Language Survived

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Prior to colonization, more than 300 diverse languages were spoken by Native Americans in what is now called the United States. However, nearly all of these languages had one feature…

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