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Amerindian

[am-uh-rin-dee-uhn] / ˌæm əˈrɪn di ən /
NOUN
Native American
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The concerns add to existing ones including the unlawful cutting of mangroves, fires, illegal construction and fuel pollution in rivers that the Amerindian women are scanning in the Barima-Mora Passage in northern Guyana.

From Seattle Times May 24, 2023

In Mahdia, which has a majority Indigenous or Amerindian population, students largely come from remote areas.

From New York Times May 22, 2023

Basic outlined images, inspired by Washington state landscapes and Amerindian petroglyphs, appear in lithographs, woven baskets and blown-glass vessels.

From Washington Post Sep. 16, 2022

Mixed race and Amerindian peoples largely make up the remainder.

From Reuters Aug. 25, 2022

Both Amerindian and Aboriginal Australian cultures witnessed frequent armed conflicts.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

In the absence of demographic data for ancient Greece and Rome, Finch turned to a surprising model for ancient aging: today's Tsimane Amerindians, an Indigenous people of the Bolivian Amazon.

From Science Daily Jan. 31, 2024

Others use nets, breed them in captivity or buy from street market vendors who purchase them from Amerindians who catch the birds in Guyana’s remote interior or people who smuggle them in from neighboring Venezuela.

From Washington Times Apr. 23, 2023

He recalled living through Guyana’s growing pains as the South American nation — a melting pot of Indians, Africans, Amerindians, Chinese and Europeans — became a cooperative republic, then a socialist republic.

From New York Times Apr. 1, 2022

“We show that all Native Americans, including the major sub-groups of Amerindians and Athabascans, descend from the same migration wave into the Americas.”

From The Guardian Jul. 21, 2015

Several Amerindians appear in the foreground, while the plantation owners residence can be seen along the horizon.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman




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