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Secoton, a Powhatan Village

Powhatan village of Secoton

Map showing the distribution of Indigenous peoples of the Northeast Woodlands region in North America, with tribal names such as Algonquin, Ojibwa (Chippewa), Iroquois, Shawnee, and Powhatan labeled across present-day northeastern United States and southeastern Canada. Major lakes and rivers are marked, and a red boundary outlines the general region inhabited by these groups.

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