- American Indians
- Native Americans
Great American Indian tribes such as the Navajo, Sioux, Cherokee, and Iroquois lived in America at the time the Pilgrims arrived. The Pilgrims settled in an area where a tribe called the Wampanoag lived.
The Wampanoag taught the Pilgrims important skills, such as how to farm with different methods and how to grow crops such as corn, beans, and squash.
Relations with some American Indian tribes became tense and confrontational as more Europeans moved to America and migrated west.
Eventually, after much violence, the settlers defeated those American Indian tribes and took much of their land.
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