How tall were Cherokee Indian?

Of the 238 measured Cherokees, 182 were males. The 113 adults aged 20 years and over had an average height of 172.3 cm. This places the Cherokee men near Prince and Steckel's “tallest in the world” height for Plains Indians and 2 cm taller than Carlson and Komlos' three estimates of Native height.
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How tall was the average Native American Indian?

Men stood an average 172.6 centimeters (about 5 feet, 8 inches) tall, a hair or two above Australian men (averaging 172 cm), American men of European decent (171 cm) and European men (170 cm or less).
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Are Apaches tall?

The back was well developed and sturdy, the chest both broad and very deep, the waist slender. Rarely did the Apache attain a height of more than six feet, and just as seldom did he fall below five feet.
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Which tribe has tallest people?

The tallest major tribe in the world is the Tutsi (also known as the Watussi) of Rwanda and Burundi, Central Africa whose young adult males average 1.83 m (6 ft).
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How tall are Comanche Indians?

The Comanche were the shortest; they had the same average height as white men: 5'6”. Why were Plains Indians so much taller?
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Which race is the tallest?

When it comes to height, Dutch men and Latvian women tower over all other nationalities, a study reveals. The average Dutchman is now 183cm (6ft) tall, while the average Latvian woman reaches 170cm (5ft 7in).
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Are Mohawks and Mohicans the same tribe?

The Mohican tribe and the Mohawk tribe were traditional enemies. They spoke different languages and were part of opposing confederacies. According to Iroquois oral tradition, there was a war between the Mohawks and an alliance of the Susquehannock and Algonquin.
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What is the average height of Cherokee Male?

Of the 238 measured Cherokees, 182 were males. The 113 adults aged 20 years and over had an average height of 172.3 cm. This places the Cherokee men near Prince and Steckel's “tallest in the world” height for Plains Indians and 2 cm taller than Carlson and Komlos' three estimates of Native height.
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What was the largest Native American tribe in the 1800's?

Southeast - The largest Native American tribe, the Cherokee, lived in the Southeast. Other tribes included the Seminole in Florida and the Chickasaw. These tribes tended to stay in one place and were skilled farmers.
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Are there any Mohicans left?

Today, there are about 1,500 Mohicans, with roughly half of them living on a reservation in northeastern Wisconsin. The link between the modern inhabitants of the town of Bethlehem and the descendents of its ancient people was made through physical objects.
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When were the Mohawk killed off?

Administrative termination of Tribes continued throughout the 1950s. In the mid-1960s, however, the Federal Government was reminded that there had been no official termination of the Federal relationship with the New York State Iroquois.
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Is the last of the Mohicans a true story?

It's likewise a wonderful flick. However hyped and mythicized it is based on a true and terrible historical event. The setting is 1756. It's a year after the battle in which Ephraim Williams gave his life, and at the same Lake George location.
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How tall was the average Aztec?

A: We don't have information from Aztec Ruins, but based on nearby excavations it appears most women were about 4' 8”, and most men were 5' 2.” Interestingly however, the height of people found at great houses similar to Aztec Ruins was about 2" taller on average, suggesting they had better access to nutritious high- ...
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How tall are Mayans?

The Maya Indians were so short that some scholars called them the pygmies of Central America: the men averaged only five feet two, the women four feet eight.
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How tall is the average Indian woman?

Over the past century, Indian women grew in height by 4.9 cm on an average, while Indian men grew taller by just 2.9 cm. The average height of an Indian woman is now 152.6 centimetres (5 feet), and that of a man 164.9 cm (5 feet 4.9 inches), according to a new research report from the Imperial College London.
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Were Vikings taller than average?

Despite their ferocious tales of battle and lifestyle, you may be surprised to know that the average height of Viking men was 5 ft 9 in (176 cm), and the average height of Viking women was 5 ft 1 in (158 cm). The height of an average Viking was shorter than the height of today's Englishmen by almost 3-4 in (8-10 cm)!
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What race has the shortest height?

The study also revealed that the places with the shortest average height for men were Laos (159 cm), Timor-Leste (160 cm), Papua New Guinea (161 cm) and the Solomon Islands (162 cm). Meanwhile, the equivalent figures for women were Bangladesh (150 cm), Timor-Leste (150 cm), Guatemala (150.9) and Nepal (151 cm).
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What nationality is the shortest?

The country with the shortest people in the world is actually East Timor, or Timor-Leste, which is an island country in Southeast Asia. The average height of people on this island is just 5 feet 1.28 inches, or 155.47 centimeters.
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What Indian tribe scalped the most?

Apache and Comanche Indians were both popular with scalp hunters.
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What is the average height of a white man?

The average adult American male is 5 feet 9.1 inches tall, according to data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Average heights vary by race and ethnicity. While the average adult white male is 5 feet 9.6 inches tall, the average adult Hispanic American male is 5 feet 7.4 inches tall.
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Who killed of the Mohicans?

Van Krieckebeek, three soldiers, and twenty-four Mohicans were killed when their party was ambushed by the Mohawk about a mile from the fort. The Mohawks withdrew with some body parts of those slain for later consumption as a demonstration of supremacy.
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