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Ten Largest American Indian Tribes, 2000

Name	Population
Cherokee	729,533
Navajo	298,197
Latin American Indian	180,940
Choctaw	158,774
Sioux	153,360
Chippewa	149,669
Apache	96,833
Blackfeet	85,750
Iroquois	80,822
Pueblo	74,085

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 1.

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