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Re: Last name
I don't think you're going to have much luck finding her tribe based on her name, unless you can get information on her specifically. A lot of indigenous people in North America adopted or were given European surnames, often in the process of baptism or registry with the government. I'd be willing to wager that Hunt, in this case, is roughly equal to the English surname. There's a really slim chance that Hunt is a truncated version of a longer name that's derived from one in the tribal language, if she is in fact of aboriginal ancestry, but even if that's true, it's not going to help you much. Sorry.
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