American Indian

Example Sentences

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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

Torn between fighting and the need to feed their families, the American Indian warriors could not sustain a prolonged war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

David Aiona Chang, chair of the university’s Department of American Indian Studies, stressed the statement was not about Native American identity, but connections because they are “important in the community-oriented work we do.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2025

In a little clearing outside the museum, an American Indian person was sitting on a tree stump smoking a long peace pipe.

From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech