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- noun Plural form of
North American Indian .
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North American Indians, which is done when an enemy is killed in battle, by grasping the left hand
Letters and notes on the manners, customs, and conditions of the North American Indians 1841
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Charlevoix, with the utmost seriousness, discusses the question, whether the calumet of the North American Indians was the same as the caduceus of Mercury. [
The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 Various 1821
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The general statement is sometimes made that North American Indians had not reached the point where their numbers exceeded natural resources when Europeans arrived.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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The general statement is sometimes made that North American Indians had not reached the point where their numbers exceeded natural resources when Europeans arrived.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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The general statement is sometimes made that North American Indians had not reached the point where their numbers exceeded natural resources when Europeans arrived.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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The general statement is sometimes made that North American Indians had not reached the point where their numbers exceeded natural resources when Europeans arrived.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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Champlain also tried to win a large public to the cause of New France by publishing another volume of his Voyages, with striking illustrations of many tribes of North American Indians.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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Champlain also believed that the culture of North American Indians lacked the authority of kingship and the discipline of subordination.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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Champlain also tried to win a large public to the cause of New France by publishing another volume of his Voyages, with striking illustrations of many tribes of North American Indians.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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The naked tattooed Picts weren't entirely a Victorian invention - there's a print from 1588 on the same lines, perhaps influenced by North American Indians encountered by the settlers.
The Female Royal Line: matrilineal succession amongst the Picts? Carla 2008
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