My American Indian History: A History Of Native Americans

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I have studied high school in Vietnam, so I do not know much about American history.My American Indian history came from my history 1301 class in last semester. Before that, I thought that American Indian is just a tribe. They live in rainforest. They also have a lot of unique customs such as painting on face and body, wearing special clothes, having tree houses, and many other strange things. Especially, they do not like people who from other places go into their lands. If somebody violates that rule, they may attack or arrest those people. Generally, I used to think that American Indian are unique and live separately. However, I changed my mind after studying American history. Some people have a wrong myth that Christopher Columbus discovered

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