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 | | '''Native Americans''' (also Indians, Aboriginal Peoples, American Indians, First Nations, Alaskan Natives, or Indigenous Peoples of America) are the indigenous inhabitants of The Americas prior to the European colonization, and their modern descendants. |
 | | Depending on the context, the terms "Indian" or "Native American" may or may not include the Eskimos (Inuit, Yupik, and Aleut peoples), whose culture and genetics are distinct from the other groups. |
 | | These schools, which were primarily run by Christians http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewarticle.asp?AuthorID=2616&id=7375, proved traumatic to Indian children, who were forbidden to speak their native languages, taught Christianity instead of their native religions, and in numerous other ways forced to abandon their Indian identityhttp://www.sacbee.com/static/archive/news/projects/native/day2_main.html and adopt European-American culture. |
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