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Before the first Europeans set foot in the Americas, the Native American tribes of the Northeast were locked in a bitter and bloody conflict. Then, a great warrior and man known as "the Peacemaker" brought the warring tribes together to found the Iroquois Confederacy--America's first democracy. Discover how this union inspired our modern government.
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America's First Nations(2008)

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