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French and Indian Wars

(Encyclopedia)French and Indian Wars, 1689–1763, the name given by American historians to the North American colonial wars between Great Britain and France in the late 17th and the 18th cent. They were really cam...

Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the

(Encyclopedia)Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the, former UN trust territory administered by the United States, consisting of the Caroline Islands, Marshall Islands, and Mariana Islands (excluding Guam). The te...

Croghan, George, d. 1782, American Indian agent

(Encyclopedia)Croghan, George krōˈgən [key], d. 1782, American Indian agent, b. Ireland. He migrated to North America in 1741 and became (1756) deputy superintendent of Indian affairs under Sir William Johnson. ...

Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation

(Encyclopedia)Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation: see National Museum of the American Indian. ...

Île de France, island, Indian Ocean

(Encyclopedia)Île de France, island, Indian Ocean: see Mauritius. ...

National Museum of the American Indian

(Encyclopedia)National Museum of the American Indian, institution devoted to the collection, preservation, and presentation of the culture of the indigenous populations of the Western Hemisphere, a division of the ...

Heard Island and the McDonald Islands, Territory of

(Encyclopedia)Heard Island and the McDonald Islands, Territory of: see Heard Island. ...

Afars and the Issas, French Territory of the

(Encyclopedia)Afars and the Issas, French Territory of the: see Djibouti, republic. ...

Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

(Encyclopedia)Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

(Encyclopedia)Andaman and Nicobar Islands ănˈdəmən, nĭkˈōbär [key], union territory (2001 provisional pop. 356,265), India, in the Bay of Bengal. Port Blair, in the Andamans, is...