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American Indian

NOUN
Native American
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A further case involves “a federally recognized American Indian Born in Canada.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

It may seem to be an image of an American Indian exhausted after a day’s hunting, but the artist had other ideas.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

Previous Stanford-led research showed that long-term NO2 exposure is 60 percent higher in American Indian and Alaska Native households and 20 percent higher in Black and Hispanic or Latino households compared to the national average.

From Science Daily Dec. 3, 2025

The announcement follows a mid-November meeting with King and members of the Tribal Alliance Against Frauds, a US-based group dedicated to exposing people who falsely claim American Indian heritage.

From BBC Nov. 25, 2025

We watched other American Indian persons making pipes out of the stone.

From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech




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