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Chippewa, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia)Chippewa: see Ojibwa.Puyallup, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia)Puyallup: see Coast Salish under Salish. ...Oneida, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia)Oneida: see Iroquois Confederacy. ...Flathead, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia)Flathead: see Salish.Fox, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia)Fox: see Sac and Fox.Yankton, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia)Yankton and Yanktonnai: see Sioux. ...Kootenai, indigenous group of North America
(Encyclopedia)Kootenai ko͞otˈənāˌ [key], group of Native North Americans who in the 18th cent. occupied the so-called Kootenai country (i.e., N Montana, N Idaho, and SE British Columbia). Their language is tho...Maya, indigenous people of Mexico and Central America
(Encyclopedia)Maya mīˈə, Span. mäˈyä [key], indigenous people of S Mexico and Central America, occupying an area comprising the Yucatán peninsula and much of the present state of Chiapas in Mexico, Guatemala...Jewish Community Centers of North America
(Encyclopedia)Jewish Community Centers of North America: see Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Associations. ...British North America Act
(Encyclopedia)British North America Act, law passed by the British Parliament in 1867 that provided for the unification of the Canadian provinces into the dominion of Canada. Until 1982 the act also functioned as t...Browse by Subject
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