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the native Americans first found Minnesota.
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The Native Americans who settled in the land first named it, and the word Minnesota means "Sky-tinted Water" in the Native American language.
The name came from the Native Americans!
The earliest know settlers were the original ancestors of the Native Americans that settled the area following the ice age. The Anishinaabe and Dakotas are the earliest known organized settlers of Minnesota. The first European settlers were fur traders from France.
The word Minnesota comes from the Dakota language name for the Minnesota River: Mnisota
The Americans celebrated their first harvest by having the first Thanksgiving with the Native Americans.
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The First Americans were Native Americans, Iroquois and Algonquian.
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It is possible, although many historians believe the Anishinaabe preceded the Dakota and other Native Americans. French fur traders are the first known Europeans to visit Minnesota in the 1600s, long after the Dakota settled there.
Mississippi River, Minnesota River, and the Zumbro River