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  • Paul Radin (April 2, 1883 – February 21, 1959) was an American linguist ... 1956). The Trickster: A Study in Native American Mythology. Greenwood Press ...
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  • Found in the mythology, folklore, and religion of virtually all world ... from a mixture of African and Native American mythology, thus attributing ...
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  • in the Passamaquoddy language) are a Native American/First Nations people ... the number of children who speak the native language. To modern Western ...
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  • Montezuma was the name of a hero-god in the mythology of certain Indian ... Hubert Howe Bancroft, writing later in the nineteenth century (Native ...
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  • The Wichita are Native Americans of the United States who speak Wichita ... tribe.Frederick Webb Hodge, Handbook Of American Indians V2: North Of Mexico ...
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  • In technical discourse, however, as in American usage, the term "weasel ... giants in comparison to the weasels; in American usage, both species would ...
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  • they have proven useful in the study of mythology, literature, and religions ... processes. Jung hypothesized that all of mythology could be taken as a type ...
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  • The Abenaki (or Abnaki) are a tribe of Native American and First Nations ... diptheria, and measles, affected the native populations (Sultzman 1997). ...
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  • (a mythological character common to many Native American cultures, based ... A Hogan, a traditional dwelling of Navajo Native Americans. This hogan stands ...
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  • completely with earth, best known from the Native American cultures of the ... between their lifestyle and their mythology, ensuring the passing on ...
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  • food of many indigenous peoples. (See Native American management of acorn ... ===Native American management of acorn resources=== Acorns were a traditional ...
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  • swan (Cygnus buccinator) is the largest native North American bird if measured ... feathers on its wings, and the South American black-necked Swan has a ...
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  • The Pawnee (also Paneassa, Pari, Pariki) are a Native American tribe ... The Pawnee ceded territory to the American government in treaties in ...
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  • considered an important tradition in some Native American cultures. Sweats ... ==Native American Sweat Lodges== Indigenous peoples of the Americas ...
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  • The Shoshone (also spelled Shoshoni) are a Native American tribe with ... who remains one of the most famous Native American women in history ...
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  • The Zuni (also spelled Zuñi) or Ashiwi are a Native American tribe ... black scout Estevanico was the first non-Native to reach this area. When ...
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  • The bovids are the largest family of hoofed mammals and are native ... in species such as the wildebeest and the American bison. In many species, ...
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  • "SIM-shee-an" are Indigenous, or Native American and First Nation ... the Skeena River").Lyle Campbell, American Indian Languages: The Historical ...
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  • American composer George Rochberg offered the following observation ... At the outset of the twentieth century, there were few native Spanish ...
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  • by leaders of the Onondaga tribe about the Native American religious traditions ... the relationship between theology, mythology, and science" in a ...
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