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Cree
Region: Spread across Canada. Known for their involvement in fur trade, their Cree syllabics writing system, and for being one of the largest First Nations in Canada.
Maya
Region: Yucatan Peninsula, Guatemala, and Belize. Celebrated for their hieroglyphic script, calendar system, and step pyramids.
Apache
Region: Southwestern United States. Famous for the resistance leaders Geronimo and Cochise and their skillful guerrilla warfare tactics.
Ancestral Puebloans
Region: Four Corners of the United States. Renowned for their cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde and their mysterious disappearance.
Haida
Region: Haida Gwaii in British Columbia, Canada. Famous for their totem poles, elaborate woodwork, and seafaring skills.
Aztec
Region: Central Mexico. Famous for their capital Tenochtitlan, human sacrifices, and their defeat by Hernan Cortes.
Navajo
Region: Southwestern United States. Notable for their rug weaving and sand painting, history of the Long Walk, and their contribution of the Navajo Code Talkers during World War II.
Iroquois
Region: Northeast North America. Known for forming the Iroquois Confederacy, their Longhouses, and their influence on American democratic thought.
Nuu-chah-nulth
Region: Western coast of Vancouver Island in Canada. Known for their whaling tradition, cedar canoes, and potlatch ceremonies.
Quechua
Region: The Andean highlands, especially in Peru and Bolivia. Known for being the speakers of the Quechua language family and as descendants of the Inca.
Taino
Region: Caribbean, primarily on islands such as Hispaniola and Puerto Rico. Known for being the first indigenous group encountered by Columbus and for their Arawakan language.
Mohican
Region: Present-day New York and New England. Known for their involvement in the novel 'The Last of the Mohicans' and for being a matrilineal society.
Mapuche
Region: Southern Chile and Argentina. Notable for their resistance against the Spanish conquest and for maintaining their language and cultural identity.
Inca
Region: Western South America, primarily Peru. Renowned for constructing Machu Picchu, their intricate road systems, and their advanced agricultural terraces.
Sioux
Region: Great Plains of the United States. Noted for their role in the Battle of Little Bighorn and the Wounded Knee Massacre.
Aymara
Region: The Andes, including parts of Peru, Bolivia, and Chile. Notable for their resistance against Incan and Spanish domination and for preserving traditional lifestyle at high altitudes.
Guarani
Region: Paraguay and parts of Brazil, Argentina, and Bolivia. Known for their influence on the Paraguayan culture, language presence in the region, and Jesuit missions in the 17th century.
Cherokee
Region: Southeastern United States. Recognized for developing a written language, the Trail of Tears, and their legal fight in Worcester v. Georgia.
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