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"Sometimes I start in pity for myself, and all the while, a great wind carries me over the sky." (Chippewa proverb) From the Path of Tears to Wounded Leg and Little Bighorn, the narrative of American history is incomplete minus the addition of the Native Americans who resided on the continent before European settlers arrived in the 16th and 17th ages. Because the first contact between natives and settlers, tribes like the Sioux, Cherokee, and Navajo have both fascinated and perplexed outsiders using their history, terms, and culture. In Charles River Editors' Indigenous American Tribes series, listeners can get caught up on the annals and culture of North America's most well-known local tribes in the time it takes to complete a commute. And they can achieve this while learning interesting facts long neglected or never known. Beyond the Midwest, the Chippewa aren't as popular as other Indigenous American tribes like the Sioux or Cherokee, nevertheless they have long been one of the primary groups in all of North America. And in addition their presence around the Great Lakes region made them especially important to early on European explorers who sailed the St. Lawrence and came into contact with the natives as they prolonged searching for the Northwest Passage. The French in particular conducted substantial hair trading with the Chippewa. And it is because of the European explorers that the many teams have all been identified as Chippewa today. Unlike other Plains peoples and tribes spread throughout North America, the Chippewa fared relatively well after contact was established with European and American settlers. They had been foes of the Iroquois before and during European colonization of North America. They then engaged in different politics alliances with the French and English as their interests dictated.

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