Native Americans in the context of Alaska Natives


Native Americans in the context of Alaska Natives

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⭐ Core Definition: Native Americans

Native Americans (also called American Indians, First Americans, or Indigenous Americans) are the Indigenous peoples of the United States, particularly of the lower 48 states and Alaska. They may also include any Americans whose origins lie in any of the indigenous peoples of North or South America. The United States Census Bureau publishes data about "American Indians and Alaska Natives", whom it defines as anyone "having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America ... and who maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment". The census does not, however, enumerate "Native Americans" as such, noting that the latter term can encompass a broader set of groups, e.g. Native Hawaiians, which it tabulates separately.

The European colonization of the Americas from 1492 resulted in a precipitous decline in the size of the Native American population because of newly introduced diseases, including weaponized diseases and biological warfare by colonizers, wars, ethnic cleansing, and enslavement. Numerous scholars have classified elements of the colonization process as comprising genocide against Native Americans. As part of a policy of settler colonialism, European settlers continued to wage war and perpetrated massacres against Native American peoples, removed them from their ancestral lands, and subjected them to one-sided government treaties and discriminatory government policies. Into the 20th century, these policies focused on forced assimilation.

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Native Americans in the context of Falkland Islanders

Falkland Islanders, also called Falklanders, are the people of the Falkland Islands, a British Overseas Territory in South America.

Prior to the start of the 19th century, the Falkland Islands were uninhabited, as Native Americans never discovered the islands. The modern Falkland Islander population derives from various origins. Earliest among these are the numerically small but internationally diverse early 19th century inhabitants of the Islands, comprising and descended in part from settlers brought by Luis Vernet, and English and American sealers; South American gauchos who settled in the 1840s and 1850s; and since the late 1830s, settlers largely from Britain (especially Scotland and Wales) with a minority from other European countries. More recently, there been significant levels of immigration from Saint Helena, Chile, the Philippines, and Zimbabwe.

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Native Americans in the context of Mohegan-Pequot language

Mohegan-Pequot (also known as Mohegan-Pequot-Montauk, Secatogue, and Shinnecock-Poosepatuck; dialects in New England included Mohegan, Pequot, and Niantic; and on Long Island, Montaukett and Shinnecock) is an Algonquian language formerly spoken by the Indigenous peoples of southern present-day New England and eastern Long Island.

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Native Americans in the context of Western American Art

Western American Art broadly refers to artistic works which depict subjects related to or associated with the Western United States region and the Old West period. It was often overlooked before the twentieth century, during which it became the subject of academic study. In contrast with much Modern art, which focuses largely on abstraction, Western American art tends to focus more on subject and narrative than style. Commonly depicted subjects in Western American art include Cowboys, Native Americans, horses, and scenic landscapes. Narratives often include scenes demonstrating the daily life and activities in the American West.

The development of Western American art was affected by the social, political and economic factors in American society. On the one hand, factors like U.S. westward expansion fostered its development; on the other hand, the progress of Western American art was also threatened by the accompanying industrial development and spread of the modern lifestyle in the West. Western American Art experienced periods of waxing and waning popularity during its history.

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