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<p>133.11.55.34: </p> <hr /> <div>carelvardro<br /> '''Native Americans''' (also called the '''First Nations''') are the indigenous peoples of the [[America|Americas]]. In the [[medieval]] period, these nations had flourishing [[neolithic]] cultures, but almost no contact with the [[Europe|European]] peoples.<br /> <br /> The [[Norse]] first encountered Native Americans in [[Vinland]] (modern-day [[Newfoundland]]) and apparently came into conflict with the [[Beothuk]] nation, forcing a Viking withdrawal from the distant land.<br /> <br /> The next known European contact with Native Americans occured in the [[Caribbean]] in [[1492]] when [[Christopher Columbus]] &quot;discovered&quot; the New World. The pattern that Columbus set, of [[rape]], [[slavery|enslavement]] and [[disease]] would unfortunately be continued for centuries by the invading Europeans.<br /> <br /> == First Nations in the SCA ==<br /> <br /> While there are many people of First Nations ancestry in the [[SCA]], First Nations [[persona|personas]] are not generally considered [[period]].</div>

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