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Somebody in the tribe would take her in. The American Indian tribes did not have marriage laws as we understand them. look at names like Black Hawk, Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse... whatever was outside the tent when the child was born, not very genetically-ordinated. OKay in a sense they had Free Love- which was one reason, quite apart from tribal-white hostilities - that White-Indian marriages were not looked upon with favor- consult the lyrics of ( Half-Breed).

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