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Khan Academy: Native American Culture of the Northeast ArticleKhan Academy: Native American Culture of the Northeast Article
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Khan Academy: Native American Culture of the Northeast

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Hopewellian culture dominated the Northeast region from 200 BCE to 500 CE, where Native American groups began large-scale three-sister farming. Read more about these tribes and find out why many historians argue that the Iroquois League was the first American democracy.

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algonquians, cash crops, great league of peace, hochelaga, hopewell, hopewellian culture, hurons, iroquois, longhouses, mohicans, mound-building, susquehannocks, three sister farming, northeast woodland cultures

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