colonizer

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After the Nama joined the fight against the German colonizers, they were also targeted, and colonial officials set up concentration camps, ostensibly to provide labor for German-owned businesses, in which hundreds of prisoners died.

From New York Times

The study found that the horses were present in the American West and Southwest several decades before the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 – when allied Indigenous groups pushed Spanish colonizers out of New Mexico.

From Seattle Times

Opponents view it as synonymous with violent colonizers, said Dr. Brunsman, a George Washington scholar.

From New York Times

“That was a huge thing for Puerto Rico, to win against a country that a lot of people considered the great colonizer,” Ms. Stroman said.

From New York Times

Fury toward Gates for appearing to present this information incautiously or for referring to the Mayflower's passengers – colonizers – as "people who laid the foundation for this country."

From Salon