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Native American

[ney-tiv uh-mer-i-kuhn] / ˈneɪ tɪv əˈmɛr ɪ kən /
NOUN
aboriginal American
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That population balance helps explain why most of the more than 7,000 artifacts recovered from the site since 2006 are fragments of Native American pottery.

From Science Daily Aug. 22, 2026

While Mr. Marquis acknowledges that the Dutch were “aggressive mercantilists with a nose for profit,” he contrasts their trade-driven but fair-minded approach toward Native American peoples with the “bellicose and imperialistic English, French, and Spanish.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

Patterson wanted to center the film around a Native American woman who stops at nothing, he told AFP.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

He says a message from a Native American man who had red hair instantly aroused his curiosity.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

Spanish landfalls in the Americas were at subtropical latitudes highly suitable for food production, based at first mostly on Native American crops but also on Eurasian domestic animals, especially cattle and horses.

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



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