American Indian
noun
plural American Indians
: a member of any of the Indigenous peoples of the western hemisphere except often certain peoples (such as the Yupik and Inuit) who live in arctic regions
especially
: an American Indian of North America and especially the U.S. compare native american
American Indian
adjective
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Faculty who signed the letter represented various departments including those of mathematics, American Indian Studies, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, Asian American Studies, history, Chicana/o and Central American Studies, African American Studies, and anthropology.
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Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2024
Wow in Balboa Park The San Diego American Indian Health Center hosts the 36th Pow Wow from 10 a.m to 6 p.m. May 11-12 in Balboa Park at the corner of Park Boulevard and Presidents Way.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2024
While the largest number of deaths involved parents of white children, the highest rates of loss were among children of American Indian or Alaska Native parents.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 8 May 2024
The highest number of deaths were among white parents, but children of American Indian or Alaska Native parents experienced the highest rates of loss, the study found.
—Chantelle Lee, TIME, 8 May 2024
The new minimum set of race and ethnicity categories on the census and other federal forms will be: American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Middle Eastern or North African, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and white.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2024
The researchers found that American Indian and Alaska Native households face the most long-term exposure to NO2, at levels 60% greater than the national average.
—Alicia Clanton, Fortune, 5 May 2024
That's changing now, thanks in part to the advocacy of Brown, other Ho-Chunk members and members of the Chicago American Indian Community Collaborative, which includes members of tribes from around the country.
—Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 1 May 2024
In 1970, on the three-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the Pilgrims’ landing at Plymouth Rock, the American Indian Movement, a grassroots group founded in Minneapolis, seized a replica of the Mayflower near Boston and called for Thanksgiving to be observed as a national day of mourning.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2024
Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2024
Wow in Balboa Park The San Diego American Indian Health Center hosts the 36th Pow Wow from 10 a.m to 6 p.m. May 11-12 in Balboa Park at the corner of Park Boulevard and Presidents Way.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2024
While the largest number of deaths involved parents of white children, the highest rates of loss were among children of American Indian or Alaska Native parents.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 8 May 2024
The highest number of deaths were among white parents, but children of American Indian or Alaska Native parents experienced the highest rates of loss, the study found.
—Chantelle Lee, TIME, 8 May 2024
The new minimum set of race and ethnicity categories on the census and other federal forms will be: American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Middle Eastern or North African, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and white.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2024
The researchers found that American Indian and Alaska Native households face the most long-term exposure to NO2, at levels 60% greater than the national average.
—Alicia Clanton, Fortune, 5 May 2024
That's changing now, thanks in part to the advocacy of Brown, other Ho-Chunk members and members of the Chicago American Indian Community Collaborative, which includes members of tribes from around the country.
—Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 1 May 2024
In 1970, on the three-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the Pilgrims’ landing at Plymouth Rock, the American Indian Movement, a grassroots group founded in Minneapolis, seized a replica of the Mayflower near Boston and called for Thanksgiving to be observed as a national day of mourning.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2024
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