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The reason why they built there villages next to the water because they got food from the water and because the water was one of their transportation [canoe] to get around and get more food from different places by trading.

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Generally because, 1) it provided a method to irrigate crops, 2) it allowed people not to die of thirst.

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The first Native Americans had to live near water because they did not have any irrigation system near them, and they needed the water in order to survive (fish, water).

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