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American Indians of North America are generally divided into culture areas according to similarities in geography, environment, subsistence patterns, language family, and similar social practices.  According to the ''Handbook of North American Indians'', there are ten such culutal areas.

American Indians of North America are generally divided into culture areas according to similarities in geography, environment, subsistence patterns, language family, and similar social practices.  According to the ''Handbook of North American Indians'', there are ten such culutal areas.

:1. Arcitc- Greenland, extreme northern Canada, and the northern and western coastlines of Alaska.

:1. Arcitc- Greenland, extreme northern Canada, and the northern and western coastlines of Alaska.

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:2. Subarctic- Most of central Canada and interior Alaska.

:3. Northeast- New England, Nova Scotia, the Great Lakes region, the Chesapeake Bay area, and most of current day W. Virginia, the Ohio River valley, and Illinois.