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By Robert De Groat
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Distribution of North American
Native Indian Tribes
Iroquois
![bullet](../../../_themes/glacier/aglabul1.gif) | Mohawks: Bear, wolf, and turtle.
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![bullet](../../../_themes/glacier/aglabul1.gif) | Oneidas: Bear, wolf, and turtle.
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![bullet](../../../_themes/glacier/aglabul1.gif) | Onondagas: Bear, wolf, turtle, deer, beaver, eel, snipe.
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![bullet](../../../_themes/glacier/aglabul1.gif) | Cayugas: Bear, wolf, turtle, deer, beaver, eel, snipe, hawk.
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![bullet](../../../_themes/glacier/aglabul1.gif) | Senecas: Bear, wolf, turtle, deer, beaver, heron, snipe, hawk.
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![bullet](../../../_themes/glacier/aglabul1.gif) | Tuscaroras: Bear, gray wolf, yellow wolf, great turtle, little turtle,
beaver, eel, snipe.
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![bullet](../../../_themes/glacier/aglabul1.gif) | Hurons or Wyandots: Big turtle, little turtle, mud turtle, wolf, bear,
beaver, deer, porcupine, striped turtle, prairie turtle, snake, hawk.
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Algonkin Tribes on the Atlantic
![bullet](../../../_themes/glacier/aglabul1.gif) | Delawares or Lenapes: Wolf, bear, dog, possum, turtle, little turtle, mud turtle,
great turtle, yellow eel, turkey, crane, chicken.
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![bullet](../../../_themes/glacier/aglabul1.gif) | Mohicans: Wolf, turtle, turkey, bear, dog, opossum, yellow eel, crane, chicken.
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![bullet](../../../_themes/glacier/aglabul1.gif) | Abenakis (Maine): Wolf, wild cat (black), bear, snake, spotted animal, beaver,
caribou, sturgeon, muskrat, pigeon hawk, squirrel, spotted frog, crane, porcupine.
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Mississippi Algonkin Tribes
![bullet](../../../_themes/glacier/aglabul1.gif) | Miamis: Wolf, loon, eagle, buzzard, panther, turkey, raccoon, snow, sun,
water.
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![bullet](../../../_themes/glacier/aglabul1.gif) | Sauks and Foxes: Wolf, bear, deer, elk, hawk, eagle, fish, buffalo,
thunder, pine, fox, sea, sturgeon, big tree.
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![bullet](../../../_themes/glacier/aglabul1.gif) | Shawnees: Wolf, loon, bear, buzzard, panther, owl, turkey, deer, raccoon,
turtle, snake, horse, rabbit.
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![bullet](../../../_themes/glacier/aglabul1.gif) | Menomonis: Bear, porcupine, turtle, crane, wolf, otter,
sturgeon, sunfish, big thunder, golden eagle, fork-tail hawk, bald eagle, turkey-buzzard,
winter hawk, red tail hawk, crow, raven, beaver, elk, pine squirrel, wolf, dog, deer, bald
eagle, fish hawk, great heron, coot, marten, fisher.
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![bullet](../../../_themes/glacier/aglabul1.gif) | Ojibways: Crane, catfish, loon, bear, marten, reindeer, wolf, merman, pike,
lynx, eagle, rattlesnake, moose, black duck or cormorant, goose, sucker, sturgeon, white
fish, beaver, gull, hawk, mud turtle, snapping turtle, little turtle, snipe, duck, snake,
muskrat, heron, hull-head or bull-pout, sparrow, hawk, water snake, forked tree, wildcat,
otter, buffalo, birch-bark, white oak tree, grizzly bear, reindeer, pike.
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![bullet](../../../_themes/glacier/aglabul1.gif) | Seminoles: Wind, tiger or panther, otter, bird, deer, wolf, snake
alligator.
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![bullet](../../../_themes/glacier/aglabul1.gif) | Chickasaws: Wildcat, bird, panther, fish, deer, raccoon, squirrel,
alligator, wolf, blackbird.
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![bullet](../../../_themes/glacier/aglabul1.gif) | Cherokees: Wolf, holly, acorn, deer, bird, long prairie.
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Pueblo Tribes
![bullet](../../../_themes/glacier/aglabul1.gif) | Hopi: Horn-flute, mountain sheep, deer, antelope, elk, seed grass, ant,
corn, rain cloud, rainbow, lightning, agave, rabbit-brush, duck, frog, tadpole, snake,
puma, dove, cactus, marmot, skunk, raccoon, squash, crane, pigeon hawk, thistle, eagle,
hawk, turkey, sun, star, chicken hawk, willow, parrot, cottonwood, macaw, corn, badger,
butterfly, coyote, skeleton, hemlock, buck-grass, squash, yellow fox, gray fox, juniper,
striped squirrel, lizard, spider, fir, oak, magpie, field mouse, porcupine, turkey
buzzard.
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![bullet](../../../_themes/glacier/aglabul1.gif) | Zunis: Crane or pelican, evergreen oak, coyote, badger, antelope, sun,
eagle, parrot-macaw, cotton-tail rabbit, tortoise, rouse, bear, maize plant, deer, turkey,
toad or frog, rattle-snake, sunflower.
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![bullet](../../../_themes/glacier/aglabul1.gif) | Scattered Tribes of the Pueblos: Calabash, mountain lion, turquoise,
granite, arrow, humming bird, blue bird, timber, gopher, pine, boulder goose.
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![bullet](../../../_themes/glacier/aglabul1.gif) | Mohaves: Moon, caterpillar, coyote, rain cloud, sun, beaver, mesquite.
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Pole from the Tlingit
Northwest Indians
![bullet](../../../_themes/glacier/aglabul1.gif) | Tlingit: Raven, frog, goose, sea lion, owl, salmon, beaver, codfish, skate,
wolf, eagle, bear, killer-whale, shark, auk, gull, sparrow-hawk, thunder-bird.
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![bullet](../../../_themes/glacier/aglabul1.gif) | Haidas: Raven clan, killer-whale, black bear, loon, woodpecker,
thunder-bird, hawk, wolf, dogfish, devilfish, owl, land otter, grizzly bear, sea
lion,
mountain goat, rainbow.
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![bullet](../../../_themes/glacier/aglabul1.gif) | Eagle clan: beaver, sculpin, frog, raven, dogfish, halibut, land otter,
starfish, hummingbird, skate.
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![bullet](../../../_themes/glacier/aglabul1.gif) | Tsimshian: Raven, codfish, starfish, eagle, halibut, beaver, whale, wolf,
crane, grizzly bear, bear, killer whale, dolphin, sun, moon, grouse.
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![bullet](../../../_themes/glacier/aglabul1.gif) | Omahas: Male elk and deer, red maize, bear, turtle or tortoise, bird, white
crane, verdigris, or green clay, deer head, buffalo head, white clay, buffalo tail,
reptiles, thunder, black shoulder, wolf.
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![bullet](../../../_themes/glacier/aglabul1.gif) | Poncas: Thunder, fire, wind-makers, wildcat, bald elk, earth, medicine,
dark buffalo, osage.
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![bullet](../../../_themes/glacier/aglabul1.gif) | Iowas: Black bear, wolf, white wolf, black wolf, gray wolf, coyote, eagle,
thunder-being, golden eagle, gray eagle, spotted eagle, bald eagle, elk, beaver, pigeon,
raccoon, grouse, buffalo, rattlesnake, owl.
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![bullet](../../../_themes/glacier/aglabul1.gif) | Kansas or Kaw: Deer, black eagle, prairie wolf, tent, bear, duck, turtle,
thunder, buffalo, elk, earth, white eagle, raccoon, osage, black bear, ghost,
gray hawk.
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![bullet](../../../_themes/glacier/aglabul1.gif) | Osages: Sun, comet, buffalo bull, black bear, elk, swan, bald eagle,
turtle, fish, pond-lily.
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![bullet](../../../_themes/glacier/aglabul1.gif) | Winnebagoes: Wolf, elk, bear, deer, buffalo, snake, eagle, thunder.
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![bullet](../../../_themes/glacier/aglabul1.gif) | Mandans: Wolf, bear, prairie chicken, good knife, eagle, flathead, high
village.
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![bullet](../../../_themes/glacier/aglabul1.gif) | Crows: Prairie dog, skunk, lost lodges, bear's paw, fish catchers, raven,
antelope.
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![bullet](../../../_themes/glacier/aglabul1.gif) | Creek Indians: Wolf, bear, skunk, alligator, panther, mole, fish, hickory
nut, beaver, snake, bear, deer, wind, fox, maize, salt, otter, bird, toad, raccoon,
wildcat, buffalo.
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