The Southwest has a culturally diverse American Indian population including the Navajo, Apache, Pueblo, Papago, Hopi and Utes. In Kentucky, early tribes included the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Mosopelea, Shawnee and Yuchi. Most Native Americans were forced to leave Kentucky during the Indian Removals of the 1800's and were moved to Indian reservations in Oklahoma instead. Today there are no federally recognized Indian tribes in Kentucky, but descendents who escaped from the removal can still be found throughout the state.
Photo: The original distribution of the inhabitants in the area that is now Kentucky.
Source: http://500nations.com/Kentucky_Tribes.asp
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