Who found the first fossils in the Americas?

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References:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-first-fossil-finders-in-north-america-were-enslaved-and-indigenous-people-180981615/

Images:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Timothy_H._O%27Sullivan_(American_-_Slaves,_J._J._Smith%27s_Plantation,_South_Carolina_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abenakis.jpg
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/buffalo-in-the-grand-tetons-national-park-wy-stock-footage/1362309112?adppopup=true
https://archive.org/details/generalhistoryo00bewi/page/528/mode/2up
https://www.si.edu/object/mammoth:nmnheducation_10019942

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