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The first barrier to communication was the dialect changes, even within a single tribe. For instance the Cherokee had around 23 completely separate languages, that could be further sub-divided between clans living only a few miles apart.

Next was conceptional problems. There were entirely foreign concepts developed in the European languages that were not present, nor was there an ability to translate it, into Native cultures languages. Some of these concepts were, as an example (not exhaustive):

Money - Native Americans (despite popular myths of "Wampum" and the like) had no concept of money.

Private Property - Native Americans did not view private property past one persons personal items, all land(s) were communal. This also extended to food, Food was the property of all people and generally you could not keep it from someone else who was hungry.

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