Native American

Example Sentences

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Justice Neil Gorsuch, whom Trump appointed to the court, questioned how to square arguments against Trump’s order with the current birthright citizenship exception for children of Native American tribes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

"It drew on his Native American heritage and his ties to and love of the Southwest."

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

In all of the tension around the founding and the founding documents, there lurks this question of Native American belonging and exclusion and citizenship.

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2026

Since joining the Journal from the New York Times in 2014, Dan has covered a broad range of topics and regions—from gun violence to Native American health care to the Rocky Mountain West.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

Why didn’t Native American diseases instead decimate the Spanish invaders, spread back to Europe, and wipe out 95 percent of Europe’s population?

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