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- :This article is about the indigenous inhabitants of the Americas ... right|An independent origin and development of writing is counted among the ...47 KB (6,955 words) - 19:42, 4 March 2024
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- Wampum is a string of shell beads often woven into belts and formerly ... Wampum belts were exchanged as a form of treaty between tribes. Wampum ...7 KB (1,160 words) - 22:50, 3 May 2023
- Many countries in the New World and elsewhere celebrate the anniversary ... In the latter part of the twentieth century opposition to Columbus ...20 KB (2,984 words) - 22:45, 7 January 2024
- A smudge stick is a bundle of dried herbs, most commonly white sage ... and it has been practiced all over the world, its modern incarnation ...12 KB (1,808 words) - 21:20, 30 January 2023
- Acorn is the fruit (a nut) of the oak tree (the flowering plant genus ... The acorn provides an important food resource for many animals, including ...14 KB (2,247 words) - 17:31, 16 February 2023
- The term pre-Columbian is used to refer to the cultures of the Americas ... The term "pre-Columbian" is used especially often in discussions ...20 KB (2,974 words) - 22:17, 30 November 2022
- Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site ... Cannons were first mounted on Brimstone Hill in 1690, when the British ...12 KB (1,806 words) - 23:08, 20 November 2023
- (6435260555).jpg|250px|A Nenets family in the Brekhovskie Islands, 1913]] ... The Nenets people (ненец ‘nenets’, ненцы ‘nentsy’ ...10 KB (1,457 words) - 22:04, 23 November 2023
- missionary in South America, belonging to of the Order of Friars Minor ... Born near Cordoba, Spain, he joined the Franciscans at the age of ...8 KB (1,278 words) - 13:07, 5 September 2022
- Potosí is a city in southern Bolivia, 56 miles (90 km) southwest ... Potosí is a city deeply reflective of the pain of colonialism. From ...14 KB (2,123 words) - 05:55, 30 November 2022
- An inuksuk, plural inuksuit, (from the Inuktitut: ᐃᓄᒃᓱᒃ ... When Nunavut became a separate Canadian territory in 1999, the people ...13 KB (1,928 words) - 11:05, 6 March 2024
- The Baja California peninsula, (also Lower California peninsula) is ... beaches and rugged mountains and deserts, the peninsula is also home to ...14 KB (2,128 words) - 05:48, 26 August 2023
- Carib, Island Carib, or Kalinago people, after whom the Caribbean ... Like most of the indigenous peoples of the New World, the Carib suffered ...16 KB (2,321 words) - 19:15, 26 November 2023
- The Historic Centre of Lima is the portion of the city of Lima, Peru ... Lima was designated the administrative capital and most important ...19 KB (3,062 words) - 21:54, 31 January 2024
- Sucre, which is located in the south-central part of Bolivia, is the ... Sucre is also called “The City of Four Names.” Charcas was the ...15 KB (2,191 words) - 13:44, 28 April 2023
- The sweat lodge (also called purification ceremony, sweat house, medicine ... There are risks involved in the use of sweat lodges, especially when ...18 KB (2,798 words) - 14:18, 28 April 2023
- Mapuche (Mapudungun; Che, "People" + Mapu, "of the ... They are the only undefeated indigenous people in South America, having ...21 KB (3,210 words) - 11:10, 9 March 2023
- Squash (plural squash or squashes) is the common name used for four ... squash or winter squash). Gourds are from the same family as squash. Well ...13 KB (1,929 words) - 18:11, 14 October 2022
- was a Spanish conquistador and Governor of New Galicia, Mexico who between ... Galicia, he was tried for and found guilty of cruelty towards his Amer-Indian ...12 KB (1,997 words) - 04:55, 9 April 2024
- :This article is about the indigenous inhabitants of the Americas ... right|An independent origin and development of writing is counted among the ...47 KB (6,955 words) - 19:42, 4 March 2024
- Tierra del Fuego (Spanish for "Land of Fire"), is an archipelago ... The total area is 73746|km2|sqmi|0|lk=on|abbr=on about two-thirds of ...14 KB (2,164 words) - 23:33, 30 April 2023
