Geography & Travel
American Indian
people
Category:
Geography & Travel
- Also called:
- Indian, Native American, indigenous American, aboriginal American, Amerindian, or Amerind
Recent News
Jan. 27, 2024, 12:01 AM ET (AP)
A famed NYC museum is closing two Native American halls. Harvard and others have taken similar steps
Jan. 24, 2024, 12:22 PM ET (AP)
Great Basin tribes want Bahsahwahbee massacre site in Nevada named national monument
Jan. 23, 2024, 4:02 PM ET (AP)
Lily Gladstone, first Native American actress nominee, travels to Osage country to honor Oscar nod
Jan. 17, 2024, 5:13 AM ET (AP)
Pharrell Williams’ sophomore collection at Louis Vuitton showcases Americana, Native American spirit
Jan. 11, 2024, 9:33 AM ET (AP)
The tribes wanted to promote their history. Removing William Penn's statue wasn't a priority
American Indian, member of any of the aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere. Eskimos (Inuit and Yupik/Yupiit) and Aleuts are often excluded from this category, because their closest genetic and cultural relations were and are with other Arctic peoples rather than with the groups to their south. (See also Sidebar: Tribal Nomenclature: American Indian, Native American, and First Nation.) The ancestors of contemporary American Indians were members of nomadic hunting and gathering cultures. These peoples traveled in small family-based bands that moved from Asia to North America during the last ice age; from approximately 30,000–12,000 years ago, sea levels were ...(100 of 3138 words)