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-=== private v public lives of Americans ===
-* individual v. group identity
+=== Native American - colonial interactions ===
-* economic v. political identity
+* contrary notions of property:
-* religious v. political identity
+** Native Americans saw land as communal, especially for hunting
+** English saw land as defined by property lines and with specific ownership
+* tribal warfare
+** tribal alliances lined up for or against the British and French
+** created "confederacies" or alliances of tribes
+** motivated by land access and trade, especially the fur trade
 === slavery ===