Virginia's Native People

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Columbus called the people he found in America "Indians" because he thought he was in...

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The Indies

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Study of artifacts to learn about the past.

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Archaeologists

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Three major language groups of Virginia's native peoples:

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Algonquian, Siouan, Iroquoian

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Language spoken in Coastal Plain/Tidewater region?

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Algonquian

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Language spoken in Piedmont region?

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Siouan

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Language spoken in southwestern Virginia?

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Iroquoian

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Tribe in SW Virginia?

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Cherokee

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Tribe in Coastal Plain/Tidewater region?

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Powhatan

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Tribe in the Piedmont region?

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Monacan

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Tribe that spoke Algonquian?

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Powhatan