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American Indian Wars — An 1899 chromolithograph of US cavalry pursuing Native Americans, artist unknown Date 1622–192 … Wikipedia
American Indian Movement — The American Indian Movement (AIM), is an Indian activist organization in the United States. AIM burst onto the international scene with its seizure of the Bureau of Indian Affairs headquarters in Washington, D.C., in 1972 and the 1973 standoff… … Wikipedia
American Indian — 1. Indian (def. 1). 2. Amerind (def. 2). Abbr.: AmerInd [1725 35] Usage. See Indian. * * * or Native American or Amerindian Any member of the various aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere, with the exception of the … Universalium
American Indian Movement of Colorado — The American Indian Movement of Colorado (Colorado AIM) is a breakaway branch of the American Indian Movement. The Colorado AIM came to nationwide public attention in 2005 because of media attacks on Ward Churchill, who serves on the Leadership… … Wikipedia
American Indian College — Infobox University name = American Indian College of the Assemblies of God established = 1957 type = Private president = Rev. James Comer city = Phoenix state = Arizona country = USA undergrad = postgrad = campus = Urban colors = website=… … Wikipedia
National American Indian Heritage Month — On August 3, 1990 President of the United States George H. W. Bush declared the month of November as National American Indian Heritage Month. The Bill read in part that “the President has authorized and requested to call upon Federal, State and… … Wikipedia
American Indian religions, South — Religious beliefs and practices of the indigenous peoples of South America. The ancient Andean civilizations of the Chimu and the Inca had highly developed religions. The Inca religion combined complex ceremonies, animistic beliefs, belief in… … Universalium
Middle American Indian — ▪ people Introduction member of any of the aboriginal peoples inhabiting the area from northern Mexico to Nicaragua. The physical spine of Middle America is the broad mountain chain extending from the southern end of the Rockies to… … Universalium
North American Indian languages — Introduction those languages that are indigenous to the United States and subarctic Canada and that are spoken north of the Mexican border. A number of language groups within this area, however, extend as far south as Central America. The… … Universalium
South American Indian languages — Introduction group of languages that once covered and today still partially cover all of South America, the Antilles, and Central America to the south of a line from the Gulf of Honduras to the Nicoya Peninsula in Costa Rica. Estimates of… … Universalium
