Category talk:Extinct Native American peoples

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Why?[edit]

Why does this category exist? It appears to be a duplicate of Category:Extinct Native American tribes‎, except it's more problematic. A tribe is also a political unit; while a "people" is more vague. Many tribes were subsumed into other tribes, so they absolutely having living descendants but are no longer exist as a tribe. Arguing that a group is extinct as a people is far more challenging and open to legitimate debate. Yuchitown (talk) 15:56, 7 February 2023 (UTC)Yuchitown[reply]