settlers

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Historians estimate that before the arrival of large numbers of European settlers, roughly 50,000 grizzlies ranged across the American West.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

As Ms. Fridland explains, “most other settlers, whose ‘r’ arrived with them, kept their ‘r’s and passed them down to their descendants.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

The Mayor of al-Mughayyir, Amin Abu Alia, told the BBC that around 10 settlers approached the village along with soldiers and started shooting towards a school.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

D’Entremont said Carney started the hourlong conversation talking about efforts to encourage the celebration of National Acadian Day, which is meant to commemorate the French settlers in Atlantic Canada.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Many settlers on the borders of Indigenous territories believed that the newly created, professional US military might not support their interests.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz