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[creativeaccents]

One potential topic that very few people are awre of, but one with plenty of easy to reach reference material is the amount of interaction between the Scots and the American Indian. Here's a bit of a teaser http://www.newworldcelts.org/celtic_indians.htm

Many of the Scots clearly identified with the Indians of all tribes, some intermarried freely and served as Chiefs and on tribal councils.

[macwilkin]

One potential topic that very few people are awre of, but one with plenty of easy to reach reference material is the amount of interaction between the Scots and the American Indian. Here's a bit of a teaser http://www.newworldcelts.org/celtic_indians.htm

Many of the Scots clearly identified with the Indians of all tribes, some intermarried freely and served as Chiefs and on tribal councils.

We have in our library the book Scots in the North American West 1790-1917 which devotes a whole chapter to the relationship between the Scots and the First Nations:

http://www.electricscotland.com/hist...an_indians.htm

I can think of several other titles off the top of my head that are available in the MO state library system on this subject.

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