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Native Americans: Research Questions And Answers
My choice for my research is Native Americans. After I choose my topic I will create specific questions about my topic, Then I will look for more information on the internet or libraries. In that way I can use the information to answer my research question about Native Americans. Depending on the questions also I can use the last paper you gave us about thanksgiving. My goal is to find as many information as possible about Native Americans because it will be easier for me to put all the pieces of information together. Moreover, I have to keep everything organized to have the reference of my research in order to cited my

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