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(kwakwaka'wakw) continue the practice of potlatch. Illustrated here ... a potlatch, practiced among a diverse group of Northwest Coast Indians as ...

[[Image:Salishan_langs.png|thumb|222px|Pre-contact distribution of ... The Coast Salish tribe consists of three geographically divided areas ...

independent. The French referred to both of these tribes as the "Etchmins ... are being made to increase the number of children who speak the native ...

who distinguished himself as a lieutenant of militia in an expedition against ... He and his men adopted many tactics used by the Indians he fought ...

typically Western Redcedar, by a number of Indigenous cultures along the ... After the movement of European settlers to the region, cultural and ...

is an island nation in the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, an island ... culture, as has its native peoples, East Indians, Africans, and the British ...

and Prince Rupert, on the north coast of British Columbia and the southernmost ... prosperous relationship with settlers of European descent. However, ...

1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence, was the military ... naval superiority to capture and occupy coastal cities, but control of the ...

stretch along the northern Pacific coast of California south of the Oregon ... The park system preserves nearly 45 percent of all Coastal Redwood ...

The Aleuts (Unangax, Unangan or Unanga) are the indigenous people ... Despite this, an estimated 90 percent of the population died during ...

approximately 186 miles (300 km) east of Puerto Rico. The island is ... shopping. Tourism accounts for 85 percent of the island's economy. ...

Chief Dan George, (July 24, 1899–September 23, 1981) was a chief ... One of twelve children of the tribal chief, Dan George served as chief ...

The Orinoco is one of the longest rivers in South America at 1,497 ... The Orinoco River region is home to over one thousand species of birds ...

Washington is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United ... Washington was carved out of the western part of Washington Territory ...

|image=[[image:taku.jpg|250px]]Chief Anotklosh of the Taku Tribe, ca. 1913 ... inaccurate) are an Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest. Their ...

Seychelles, officially the Republic of Seychelles, is an archipelago ... to rule, dominating politics by its control of every aspect of the society ...

Map showing the approximate distribution of Bantu (light brown) vs. other ... such a wide area has been the focus of much study and theorizing. ...

The Seven Years War (1756-1763) involved all the major European powers ... France (including the North American colony of New France and the French East ...

The Great Lakes region includes much of the Canadian province of Ontario ... power, recreation, and a host of other uses. The Great Lakes ...

Grant, who transferred Sheridan from command of an infantry division in the ... Sheridan prosecuted the latter years of the Indian Wars of the Great ...

region, excluding Scandinavia and most of Russia, but including the easternmost ... among the different Inuit and Yupik groups. Of particular note are their shamanistic ...

colonists who remained loyal subjects of the British crown during the ... be by a King at least, and not by a parcel of upstart lawless Committeemen ...

The Oriental Republic of Uruguay, or Uruguay, is a country located ... shaped country between the two major powers of Brazil and Argentina has long ...

Alabama is a state located in the southern region of the United States ... Like other states in the South, Alabama is burdened by the legacy ...

the eastern Caribbean Sea, with a land area of 1,780 square kilometers, ten ... Guadeloupe was colonized by France and is an overseas department of ...

Caribbean country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, consisting ... Aruba seceded in 1986 as a separate country within the Kingdom of ...

the people indigenous to the United States|broader uses of "Native ... Native'One race: 2.5 million Profiles of General Demographic Characteristics ...

:This article covers the political aspects of the American Revolution ... The American Revolution refers to the period during the last half ...

Found in the mythology, folklore, and religion of virtually all world ... Some classical examples of Tricksters in various mythologies are Mercurius ...

|image=[[Image:Anishinabe.svg|200px]] Crest of the Ojibwa people ... The Ojibwa or Chippewa (also Ojibwe, Ojibway, Chippeway) is one of ...

to obey certain laws, demands, and commands of a government or of an occupying ... arrested for civil disobedience on the steps of the Supreme Court of the United ...

The climate of India comprises a wide range of weather conditions ... India relatively hot. Although the Tropic of Cancer—the boundary between ...

The State of Maine is a state in the northernmost portion of the New ... The original inhabitants of the territory that is now Maine were Algonquian ...

Alaska, a state of the United States of America located in the extreme ... territory in 1912, and the 49th state of the U.S. on January 3, 1959 ...

New York is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions ... British annexation in 1664. About one third of all of the battles of the Revolutionary ...

face. The most widely distributed member of the bear family, Ursidae, it ... concern species with a total population of approximately 200,000. Its ...

Colonialism is the extension of a nation's sovereignty over territory ... Negatively, attitudes of racial, cultural, religious and civilization ...

park located in the southwestern part of the country, near Springdale ... colored Navajo Sandstone by the North Fork of the Virgin River. Located at ...

Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is located on ... an ideology that advocates the unification of all ethnic Somalis under one ...

Mississippi is a state located in the Deep South of the United States ... in the nation, based largely on the value of slaves, who were counted as ...

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending ... the Atlantic coast. France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America ...

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region ... Salem, and Boston, which soon became the hub of the region, then the Pioneer ...

Eastern country situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest ... in a little over 30 years, from a collection of poor desert-coast sheikdoms ...

Los Angeles is the largest city in the state of California and the ... in the United States. The citizens of Los Angeles speak more than ...

The Pilgrim Fathers is the common name for a group of English separatists ... The founding of the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts and its historic ...

is on the Pacific Ocean, while the east side of the country is on the Caribbean Sea. The country's name is derived from "Nicarao," the name ...

The Republic of Guatemala ( República de Guatemala , re'puβlika ... nation's development. Large portions of Guatemala's interior remain ...

South Carolina is a state in the southeastern region of the United ... It was part of the 1663 charter in which Charles I of England granted ...

refers to the ocean or world ocean, the body of salty water that covers approximately ... A wide variety of organisms, including bacteria, protists, algae, ...

Bobcat is the common name for a medium-sized wild cat of North America ... swampland environments. It persists in much of its original range and populations ...

.nsf/mf/3238.0.55.001 Estimates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait ... 2.7% of Australia's population |popplace=New South Wales  2.9 ...

ethnic or religious groups, civilians of a critical war-zone, or other ... term has been understood to refer to a place of mistreatment, starvation, forced ...

The United States of America—also referred to as the United States ... or (archaically) Columbia–is a federal republic of 50 states and ...

) for short, is the capital and the largest city of Thailand. Bangkok ... Bangkok has one of the fastest rates in the world for construction ...

the foremost global power. It was a product of the European age of discovery ... By 1921, the British Empire ruled a population of between 470 and ...