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Native American

[nay-tiv uh-mer-i-kuhn] / ˈneɪ tɪv əˈmɛr ɪ kən /
NOUN
aboriginal American
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Different cultures use different names for the 12 or 13 full Moons across the lunar calendar, but many of the common ones we use today originate from Native American cultures.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Legendary Dallas Cowboys running back Emmitt Smith is among the co-defendants in a lawsuit by a Native American investment firm that claims it was scammed out of $2.5 million.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

That population balance helps explain why most of the more than 7,000 artifacts recovered from the site since 2006 are fragments of Native American pottery.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026

CBP activity along the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas has generated bipartisan criticism from elected officials who say construction could cause floods, threaten the area’s tourism industry and damage historic Native American sites.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Before European settlement, the mainland United States was home to hundreds of Native American tribes and languages and came under control of a single government only within the last hundred years.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond


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