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Anthropology

druidity33

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2. That's odd...

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Tue Oct 20, 2020, 05:40 AM

Oct 2020

I would have expected it to just be "Iroquois Woodland Village Site discovered". I've never heard of Native tribal names adding that declension/word ending(?). Never heard of the Hopian desert caves or the Seminolian swamps either.

K&R otherwise

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IROQUOIAN WOODLAND VILLAGE SITE DISCOVERED IN ONTARIO [View all] Judi Lynn Oct 2020 OP

Judi Judi Judi CountMyVote4Reality Oct 2020 #1

This information is definitely new to me! It's amazing to get access to so many new discoveries. Judi Lynn Oct 2020 #8

That's odd... druidity33 Oct 2020 #2

Iroquoian is an adjective that applies to wnylib Oct 2020 #3

So could it be... druidity33 Oct 2020 #4

The Iroquoian people themselves wnylib Oct 2020 #5

Thank you for the education. druidity33 Oct 2020 #6

The "s" gets dropped in Iroquois because wnylib Oct 2020 #7

I will be reading this post again, hoping more will stick! Wonderful to see the information. Judi Lynn Oct 2020 #9

My awareness of Native American groups wnylib Oct 2020 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author wnylib Oct 2020 #11