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	List of English words of Native American origin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a list of English language words of Native American language origin.
		Some Native American groups are known better by their Algonquian exonyms rather than by their autonym, such as the Eskimo, Winnebago, Sioux, Sauk, Assiniboine and Chipewyan.
		Lists of English words of foreign origin
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Native_American_origin (625 words)

	English language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		English was spread to many parts of the world through the expansion of the British Empire, but it did not acquire a lingua franca status in other parts of the world until the late 20th century.
		English is the most widely learned and used foreign language, and as such, some linguists believe that it is no longer the exclusive cultural sign of 'native English speakers', but is rather a language that is absorbing aspects of cultures world-wide as it continues to grow.
		English as a lingua franca for Europe is a new variant of the English language created to become the common language in Europe, spoken in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/English_language (5772 words)

	native american - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		Most often, the term Native American may be construed to either include or exclude the Mtis of Canada and the Mestizos and Zambos of Latin America.
		Native Americans make up the majority of the population in Bolivia and Peru, and are a significant element in most other former Spanish colonies.
		In the American Southwest, especially New Mexico, a syncretism between the Catholicism brought by Spanish missionaries and the native religion is common; the religious drums, chants, and dances of the Pueblo people are regularly part of Masses at Santa Fe's Saint Francis Cathedral.
	www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/Native-American (5024 words)

	Native American biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Native Americans (also Indians, Aboriginal Peoples, American Indians, First Nations, Alaskan Natives, or Indigenous Peoples of America) are the indigenous inhabitants of Americas prior to the European colonization, and their modern descendants.
		It is difficult to estimate the percentage of the total Native American population killed by these diseases, since waves of disease oftentimes preceded White scouts and often destroyed entire villages.
		Native Americans make up the majority of the population in Bolivia, Peru, and Guatemala and are a significant element in most other former Spanish colonies.
	native-american.biography.ms (3628 words)

	Phrase and word origins
		The word "monkey" is of uncertain origin; its first known usage was in 1498 when it was used in the literary work Reynard the Fox as the name of the son of Martin the Ape.
		Originally the neck of the woods was a narrow strip of woodland connecting a larger area of woodland.
		The origin of "balls to the wall" is thought to come from aircraft pilots who pushed their joysticks ("balls") into the full thrust position (i.e., "the wall"), thereby making the aircraft go as fast as possible (see also "pear-shaped").
	www.yaelf.com /questions.shtml (8665 words)

	Native American (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Native Americans (also Original Americans, Aboriginal Peoples, Aboriginal Americans, American Indians, Amerindians, Amerind, Indians, First Nations, First Peoples, Native Canadians, or Indigenous Peoples of America) are those Peoples indigenous to the Americas, living there prior to European colonization.
		The term Native American may be construed to either include or exclude the Métis of Canada and the Mestizos and Zambos of Latin America.
		The term Native American was introduced in the United States by anthropologists who considered Indian inaccurate and possibly offensive.
	native-american.mindbit.com (4854 words)

	Native American (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The terms "Amerindian" and "Indian", both of which are derivatives of "American Indian" (as is "Amerind", though this term is more popular in linguistic circles), are not necessarily completely synonymous with "Native American".
		It is difficult to estimate the total percentage of the Native American population killed by these diseases.
		This Census Bureau map depicts the locations of Native Americans in the United States as of 2000.
	native-american.iqnaut.net (4783 words)

	Native American (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Based on anthropological and genetic evidence, scientists generally agree that most Native Americans descend from people who migrated from Siberia across the Bering Strait, between 17,000-11,000 years ago.
		Military defeat, cultural pressure, confinement on reservations, forced cultural assimilation, outlawing of native languages and culture, forced sterilizations, termination policies of the 1950s, and 1960s, and slavery have had deleterious effects on Native Americans' mental and physical health.
		English, like other natural languages, has traditionally ignored this principle, exerting its privilege to invent its own ethnic terms, such as German, Dutch, and Albanian, and disregarding the self-appellations and preferences of the subjects.
	native-american.ask.dyndns.dk (4764 words)

	- How many Native American words do you know? Probably more than you think. -Native American Indian Tribes - Over 2,000 ...
		The early colonists began borrowing words from friendly Native Americans almost from the moment of their first contact, and many of those names remain in our everyday English language today.
		Hawaii -Possibly derived from native word for homeland, Hawaiki or Owhyhee.
		Texas -Variant of word used by Caddo and other Indians meaning friends or allies, and applied to them by the Spanish in eastern Texas.
	www.aaanativearts.com /article524.html (1042 words)

	Native American Genealogy Mine
		Native American Genealogy ~ from the State Historical Society of Missouri
		Native Tribes of the United States and Canada
		Treaties Between the United States and Native Americans
	home.ptd.net /~nikki/nativeam.htm (986 words)

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