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  • 1native soil — noun a) The country or geographical region where one was born or which one considers to be ones true homeland. [T]hey were peculiarly honored by the unexpected presence in their midst of that famous son of the South, Colonel Starbottle, who had… …

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  • 2soil — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French soiller, suiller, from Old French soil wallow of a wild boar, abyss, from Latin solium chair, bathtub; akin to Latin sedēre to sit more at sit Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to stain or… …

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  • 3native American — native American, adj. a person born in the United States. [1835 45, Amer.] * * * ▪ indigenous peoples of Canada and United States Introduction also called  American Indian,  Amerindian,  Amerind,  Indian,  Aboriginal American,  or  First Nation… …

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  • 4Native Indonesians — Pribumi Total population 230 million (2006 estimation)[1] Reg …

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  • 5Native Americans in the United States — This article is about the indigenous people of the United States. For other indigenous people see Indigenous peoples by geographic regions Native Americans …

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  • 6Native American — Indian (def. 1). Usage. See Indian, Eskimo. * * * ▪ indigenous peoples of Canada and United States Introduction also called  American Indian,  Amerindian,  Amerind,  Indian,  Aboriginal A …

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  • 7Native American art — ▪ visual arts Introduction also called  Indian art  or  American Indian art        the visual art of the aboriginal inhabitants of the Americas, often called American Indians. For a further discussion of the visual art of the Americas produced in …

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  • 8Native American literature — Introduction also called  Indian literature  or  American Indian literature        the traditional oral and written literatures of the indigenous peoples of the Americas. These include ancient hieroglyphic and pictographic writings of Middle… …

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  • 9Native American name controversy — The Native American name controversy is a dispute about the acceptable terminology for the indigenous peoples of the Americas and broad subsets of these peoples, such as those sharing certain cultures and languages by which more discrete groups… …

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  • 10Native American religion — Traditional Native American religions exhibit a great deal of diversity, largely due to the relative isolation of the different tribes that were spread out across the entire breadth of the North American continent for thousands of years, allowing …

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