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Mar 2021
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Qui est l'indien Joe Medicine Crow ?

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Dernier grand chef indien des plaines, Joe Medicine Crow (de la tribu "Crow", signifiant "corbeau" en anglais) a rendu l'âme le 3 avril 2016. Historien des premiers Américains, il était également un vétéran de guerre puisqu'il avait participé à la Seconde Guerre mondiale.



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