Columbia Encyclopedia

Search results

500 results found

Muskogean

(Encyclopedia)Muskogean məskōˈgēən [key], branch of Native North American languages belonging to the Hokan-Siouan linguistic family, or stock, of North and Central America. See Native American languages. ...

Iroquoian

(Encyclopedia)Iroquoian ĭrˌəkwoiˈən [key], branch of Native North American languages belonging to the Hokan-Siouan linguistic family, or stock, of North and Central America. See Native American languages. ...

Lévy-Bruhl, Lucien

(Encyclopedia)Lévy-Bruhl, Lucien lāvēˈ-brül [key], 1857–1939, French philosopher, psychologist, and ethnologist. He was professor at the Sorbonne from 1899 and editor of the Revue philosophique de la France ...

Gulick, Luther Halsey, 1865–1918, American pioneer in physical education

(Encyclopedia)Gulick, Luther Halsey gyo͞oˈlĭk [key], 1865–1918, American pioneer in physical education, b. Honolulu, of American missionary parents. He studied at Oberlin College, Sargent School of Physical Tr...

Dummer, Jeremiah, 1645–1718, early American silversmith and engraver

(Encyclopedia)Dummer, Jeremiah, 1645–1718, early American silversmith and engraver, b. Newbury, Mass. He was apprenticed (1659) to John Hull and set up as a silversmith in Boston c.1666. He held several public of...

creole

(Encyclopedia)creole crēōlˈyō [key] [probably from crío=child], term originally applied in West Indies to the native-born descendants of the Spanish conquerors. The term has since been applied to certain desce...

Mohawk, indigenous people of North America

(Encyclopedia)Mohawk: see Iroquois Confederacy. ...

Santee, indigenous people of North America

(Encyclopedia)Santee: see Sioux.

Teton , indigenous people of North America

(Encyclopedia)Teton: see Sioux.

Chippewa, indigenous people of North America

(Encyclopedia)Chippewa: see Ojibwa.