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Native American

[ney-tiv uh-mer-i-kuhn] / ˈneɪ tɪv əˈmɛr ɪ kən /
NOUN
aboriginal American
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Several works involve Native American protests over land rights.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

St. Bernard High School dropped its Native American imagery, transitioning to a Viking image instead.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

Gray clouds darken the sky, but Leutze bathes Washington in light, depicting him as an unflinching leader of a squad of men that purposely includes a Native American and a black man.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 20, 2026

The ordinance included language that excludes equestrian events, as well as American Indian, Native American, Indigenous Rodeo, Mexican Charreria and Escaramuza events that don’t involve the activities cited in the law.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 9, 2026

Curiously, though, environmentalists also describe Native American history as embodying precisely the opposite lesson: how to live in a spiritual balance with Nature.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann



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