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Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-1-421: Tennessee's first peoples

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  1. TN Code
  2. Title 4
  3. Chapter 1

The following cultural groups are recognized as Tennessee's first peoples:

(1) The Algonquian peoples, including the Shawnee and Lenape;

(2) The Chickamaugan peoples;

(3) The Iroquoian peoples, including the Cherokee;

(4) The Muskogean peoples, including the Alabama, Coosa, Chickasaw, Natchez, Koasati, Tuskegee, and Taliwa;

(5) The Siouan peoples, including the Quapaw and Mosopelea; and

(6) The Yuchean peoples, including the Chisca, Yuchi, Taougal, Tongeria, and Tamahita.

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