Amerindian

Example Sentences

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These were the waste dumps of Amerindians who lived in sedentary and dense human villages before the arrival of Europeans.

From New York Times

There’s Freydis, a feisty Viking woman who, upon finding herself surrounded by hostile Amerindians, pulled out her breast and “slapped” it with her sword, scaring her would-be attackers off.

From New York Times

After studying Amerindian languages in the New World, he came to the conclusion that every language “draws a circle” around its speakers, creating a distinct worldview through its grammar as well as in its vocabulary.

From The Guardian

Deep time makes a mockery of the plantations’ blinkered order; under the ancient canopy, the master’s stride falters and the voices of African hunters and Amerindian priests resound from the depths of unrecorded millenniums.

From New York Times

A lingering mystery is why – despite the harsh terrain – traditionally migratory Amerindians stayed living at the site for almost 2,000 years.

From The Guardian