Compare And Contrast Navajo And Cherokee In The Southwest

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After analyzing each of the three documents, the Navajo in the southwest, the Cherokee in the southeast, and the Iroquois in the northeast, I saw that they each have similarities and differences. The Navajo’s are the biggest tribe in the United States, consisting of many Indian’s. Cherokee in the southeast are located in Georgia, Missouri, and Alabama. Iroquois were not only one group; they were a group of five. They were hunters and farmers that grew many different crops such as, corn, beans, and squash. These three tribes are all different in each of their ways but some may remain with some similarities. Expanding more on the Navajo creation stories, the Navajo creation story is brown down into four worlds and all of them are very different

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