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Abu Kashir,
Gas Station Attendant
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Some Native Americans and Cherokees question Whitaker's Indian heritage.
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Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder
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Native Americans After the dissemination of the Mississippian Mound Builder Culture, the Creek Indian Tribe inhabited the region until driven south by the Cherokees in the late 18th Century.
When Spanish and French explorers arrived in the area in the 16th century, they found a land inhabited by many small tribes of Native Americans, the largest of which were the Cherokees and the Catawbas.
Originally, Native Americans of the Catawba and Cherokee tribes trapped, fished, hunted and raised families here.
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Paddy McGuinness,
Newsagent
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Cherokee Native Americans who also lived here were very fierce.
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Jack Crawford,
WWII Veteran
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Native Americans such as the Cherokees, Catawbas, Waxhaws and others depended on the river for its life-giving power.
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Josh Hogan,
Commander
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TV crews often interview him as a spokesman for Native Americans and Cherokees in Tennessee.
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