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American Indians. That is what the white man calls us, but our people have been here for many generations, since the ice age; thousands of years before the white man claimed our land as theirs and called it America. We call ourselves the Cherokee or “Aniyunwiya” Nation, but we are only one of many different tribes that roam these lands. Some of the states for which we inhabit are now known as Georgia and Oklahoma. Each of these tribes is self-controlled with all adults getting together to discuss the problems of our people in a council house. The men of our tribe are the hunters and fishers; the women are the gatherers, collecting wild foods and berries.

While our cultures and customs varied, our Indian beliefs were rooted in Animism, meaning that we believed the universe was bound together by the spirits within all natural life, from plants, animals, humans, water, and even the Earth itself. This is how our life went, free and in tune with nature, at least until......

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