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* communal ownership
* communal ownership
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'''BIG IDEAS'''
[[File:Langs N.Amer.svg|thumb|Pre-contact: distribution of North American language families, including northern Mexico (wikipedia)]]
* Native America tribal alliances were language-based
* European entry to Americas changed those alliances
'''DETAILS'''
* Native North American linguistic areas
* Native North American linguistic areas
[[File:Langs N.Amer.svg|thumb|Pre-contact: distribution of North American language families, including northern Mexico (wikipedia)]]
** Northeast
** Northeast
*** Algonquian  
*** Algonquian  
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*** Pacific Northwest
*** Pacific Northwest
*** Plateau
*** Plateau
* sources
* source [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_areas_of_the_Americas Linguistic areas of the Americas (wikipedia)]
** [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_areas_of_the_Americas Linguistic areas of the Americas (wikipedia)]
* '''Reciprocity'''
* '''Reciprocity'''
** Native American concept of sharing of land, resources, and labor
** Native American concept of sharing of land, resources, and labor