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Term Notes
Abanaki language USE Abenaki language
Abenaki baskets  
Abenaki Indians Canada, Eastern; Maine
Abenaki language  
Abenaki mythology  
Abenaki women  
Abenakise language USE Abenaki language
Abenaqui language USE Abenaki language
Abipon Indians Argentina, Paraguay
Abipon language  
Abipone Indians USE Abipon Indians
Abipone language USE Abipon language
Abitibi Indians Ontario
Abittibi Indians USE Abitibi Indians
Abnake language USE Abenaki language
Abnaki Indians USE Abenaki Indians
Abnaki language USE Abenaki language
Aboriginal Indian title USE Indian title
Aboriginal peoples USE Indigenous peoples
Aboriginal peoples' first contact with Westerners USE First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners
Aboriginal women USE Indigenous women
Aborigines USE Indigenous peoples
Aborigines, American USE Indians
Acagchemin Indians USE Juaneño Indians
Acatec Indians USE Akatek Indians
Acatec language USE Akatek language
Acateco Indians USE Akatek Indians
Acateco language USE Akatek language
Acawai Indians Brazil, Guyana
Acawai language  
Acawoio Indians USE Acawai Indians
Acaxee Indians Mexico
Accawai Indians USE Acawai Indians
Accawai language USE Acawai language
Ace Indians USE Guayaki Indians
Acewaio Indians USE Acawai Indians
Acewaio language USE Acawai language
Achagua Indians Colombia, Venezuela
Achagua language  
Ache Indians USE Guayaki Indians
Achomawi Indians California
Achomawi language  
Achual Indians USE Achuar Indians
Achual language USE Achuar language
Achuale Indians USE Achuar Indians
Achuale language USE Achuar language
Achuar Indians Peru
Achuar language  
Achuar mythology  
Achuar women  
Achuara Indians USE Achuar Indians
Achuara Jivaro Indians USE Achuar Indians
Achuara language USE Achuar language
Achumawi Indians USE Achomawi Indians
Achumawi language USE Achomawi language
Ackia, Battle of, 1736  
Acoma architecture  
Acoma dialect  
Acoma Indians New Mexico
Acoma Indians in literature  
Acoma mythology  
Acoma pottery  
Acoma women  
Acua Indians USE Xavante Indians
Acua language USE Xavante language
Acua-Shavante Indians USE Xavante Indians
Acuan-Shavante language USE Xavante language
Acuen-Xavante Indians USE Xavante Indians
Acuria Indians USE Akurio Indians
Adena culture North America
Adobe Walls, Battle of, Tex., 1874  
African American-Indian relations USE African Americans -- Relations with Indians
African Americans -- Relations with Indians  
Agoneaseah Indians USE Iroquois Indians
Agua Caliente Indian Reservation (Calif.)  
Agua Caliente Reservation (Calif.) USE Agua Caliente Indian Reservation (Calif.)
Agua Calientes Indians USE Aguas Calientes Indians
Aguacatec language  
Aguacateca language USE Aguacatec language
Aguacateco language USE Aguacatec language
Aguahun dialect USE Aguaruna dialect
Aguahun Indians USE Aguaruna Indians
Aguaruna children  
Aguaruna dialect  
Aguaruna Indians Ecuador, Peru
Aguaruna literature  
Aguaruna magic  
Aguaruna mythology  
Aguaruna poetry  
Aguas Calientes Indians California, Mexico
Aguascalientes Indians USE Aguas Calientes Indians
Ahearmiut Eskimos USE Ahiarmiut Eskimos
Ahiarmiut Eskimos Canada, Northern
Aht Indians USE Nootka Indians
Aht language USE Nootka language
Ahtena Indians Alaska
Ahtena language  
Ahtinne Indians USE Ahtena Indians
Ahtna language USE Ahtena language
Ahuahun dialect USE Aguaruna dialect
Ahuahun Indians USE Aguaruna Indians
Ahwesahsne Indian Reserve (Quebec and Ont.) Akwesasne Indian Reserve (Quebec and Ont.)
Ajagua Indians USE Achagua Indians
Ajagua language USE Achagua language
Ajana Indians USE Wayana Indians
Ajana language USE Wayana language
Ak'aro language USE Cauqui language
Ak Chin Indian Reservation (Ariz.) USE Ak Chin Reservation (Ariz.)
Ak Chin Reservation (Ariz.)  
Akatek Indians Guatemala
Akatek language  
Akavais Indians USE Acawai Indians
Akawai Indians USE Acawai Indians
Akawai language USE Acawai language
Akawaio Indians USE Acawai Indians
Akawaio language USE Acawai language
Akawoio Indians USE Acawai Indians
Akoerio Indians USE Akurio Indians
Akokisa Indians USE Atakapa Indians
Akokisa language USE Atakapa language
Akoniken language USE Tzoneca language
Akuen Indians USE Xavante Indians
Akuen language USE Xavante language
Akuri Indians USE Akurio Indians
Akurijo Indians USE Akurio Indians
Akurio Indians Suriname
Akwa Indians USE Xavante Indians
Akwa language USE Xavante language
Akwe Indians USE Xavante Indians
Akwe language USE Xavante language
Akwe Shavante Indians USE Xavante Indians
Akwe Shavante language USE Xavante language
Akwesasne Indian Reserve (Quebec and Ont.)  
Alabama -- History -- Creek War, 1836 USE Creek War, 1836
Alabama Indians Alabama
Alabama language  
Alacaluf Indians Chile
Alacaluf language  
Alakaluf Indians USE Alacaluf Indians
Alakaluf language USE Alacaluf language
Alberta culture Great Plains
Alcatraz Island (Calif.) -- History -- Indian occupation, 1969-1971  
Aleut art  
Aleut arts  
Aleut language  
Aleut language (Eskimo) USE Pacific Gulf Yupik language
Aleut language -- Names USE Names, Aleut
Aleut names USE Names, Aleut
Aleut women  
Aleutian language USE Aleut language
Aleuts Alaska
Algic Indians USE Ojibwa Indians
Algonkian Indians USE Algonquian Indians
Algonkin Indians USE Algonquin Indians
Algonkin language USE Algonquin language
Algonkinska language USE Algonquin language
Algonquian Indians North America
Algonquian languages  
Algonquian mythology  
Algonquian women  
Algonquin Indians Canada, Eastern
Algonquin language  
Algonquine language USE Algonquin language
Alibamu Indians USE Alabama Indians
Alibamu language USE Alabama language
Alikaluf Indians USE Alacaluf Indians
Alikuluf language USE Alacaluf language
Allegany Indian Reservation (N.Y.)  
Allotments, Indian USE Indian allotments
Allotting agents (Indian allotments)  
Alookooloop Indians USE Alacaluf Indians
Alse language USE Alsea language
Alsea Indians Oregon
Alsea language  
Alseya language USE Alsea language
Alucuyana Indians USE Wayana Indians
Alucuyana language USE Wayana language
Alukoeluf Indians USE Alacaluf Indians
Alukuyana Indians USE Wayana Indians
Alukuyana language USE Wayana language
Alutiiq Eskimos USE Pacific Gulf Yupik Eskimos
alutiiq language USE Pacific Gulf Yupik language
Alutiq Eskimos USE Pacific Gulf Yupik Eskimos
Amage language USE Amuesha language
Amaguaco Indians USE Amahuaca Indians
Amaguaco language USE Amahuaca language
Amagues Indians USE Amuesha Indians
Amagues language USE Amuesha language
Amahuaca Indians Brazil, Peru
Amahuaca language  
Amaje language USE Amuesha language
Amajo language USE Amuesha language
Amajuaca Indians USE Amahuaca Indians
Amawaca Indians USE Amahuaca Indians
Amawaca language USE Amahuaca language
Amenguaca language USE Amahuaca language
American aborigines USE Indians, Indians of North America, Indians of South America
American buffalo USE American bison
American drama -- Indian authors  
American fiction -- Eskimo authors  
American fiction -- Indian authors  
American Indian ... USE subject headings beginning with or qualified by the word Indian
American Indian flute USE Native American flute
American Indian Heritage Month USE National American Indian Heritage Month
American Indian Movement  
American Indian painting, Modern USE Indian painting
American Indian painting, Traditional USE Indian painting
American Indians USE Indians, Indians of North America, Indians of South America
American literature -- Eskimo authors  
American literature -- Indian authors  
American poetry -- Eskimo authors  
American poetry -- Indian authors  
Amerindians USE Indians
Amerinds USE Indians
Ameuhague language USE Amahuaca language
Ameuhaque Indians USE Amahuaca Indians
Amikwa language  
Amisha language USE Amuesha language
Amishgo Indians USE Amuzgo Indians
Amishgo language  
Ammassalik dialect USE Ammassalimiut dialect
Ammassalik Eskimos USE Ammassalimiut Eskimos
Ammassalimiut dialect  
Ammassalimiut Eskimos Greenland
Ammatsalimit dialect USE Ammassalimiut dialect
Ammatsalimit Eskimos USE Ammassalimiut Eskimos
Ammatsalmeeq dialect USE Ammassalimiut dialect
Ammatsalmeeq Eskimos USE Ammassalimiut Eskimos
Amoishe Indians USE Amuesha Indians
Amoishe language USE Amuesha language
Amokebit Indians USE Mocovi Indians
Amoquebit Indians USE Mocovi Indians
Amucho Indians USE Amuzgo Indians
Amueixa Indians USE Amuesha Indians
Amueixa language USE Amuesha language
Amuesa language USE Amuesha language
Amuescha language USE Amuesha language
Amuese Indians USE Amuesha Indians
Amuese language USE Amuesha language
Amuesha Indians Peru
Amuesha language  
Amuesha philosophy  
Amuetamo language USE Amuesha language
Amuexa Indians USE Amuesha Indians
Amuexa language USE Amuesha language
Amusgo Indians USE Amuzgo Indians
Amuzgo Indians Mexico
Amuzgo language USE Amishgo language
Amuzgo textile fabrics  
Amuzgo wood-carving  
Anasazi culture USE Pueblo Indians
Anasazi period USE Pueblo Indians
Andagueda Indians USE Choco Indians
Andaqui Indians Colombia
Andoke Indians USE Andoquera Indians
Andoquera Indians Colombia
Angmagssalik dialect USE Ammassalimiut dialect
Angmagssalik Eskimos USE Ammassalimiut Eskimos
Anishinaabeg Indians USE Ojibwa Indians
Anishinabe Indians USE Ojibwa Indians
Annette Islands Reserve (Alaska)  
Anserma Indians Colombia
Aoniken Indians USE Tehuelche Indians
Aoniken language USE Tzoneca language
Apache baskets  
Apache Indians New Mexico
Apache Indians -- Wars, 1872-1873  
Apache Indians -- Wars, 1883-1886  
Apache languages  
Apache Mohave Indians USE Yavapai Indians
Apache mythology  
Apache sculpture  
Apache wit and humor  
Apache women  
Apalachee Indians Florida
Apalachee language  
Apalachicola Indians Southern States
Apalai Indians Brazil, Suriname
Apalai language  
Apalakiri Indians Brazil
Apapocuva Indians Brazil
Apiaca Indians Brazil
Apinage Indians Brazil
Apinaye Indians USE Apinage Indians
Appalachi Indians USE Apalachee Indians
Apurima language USE Ipurina language
Apurina language USE Ipurina language
Ara Indians USE Caingua Indians
Arabela language  
Aracanian Indians USE Mapuche Indians
Arahame Indians Texas
Araona Indians Bolivia, Brazil
Arapaho art  
Arapaho Indians Great Plains
Arapaho language  
Arara de Rondonia language USE Karo language (Brazil)
Arara do Jiparana language USE Karo language (Brazil)
Arara Indians Brazil
Arasa language  
Araucanian Indians USE Mapuche Indians
Araucanian language USE Mapuche language
Araucano Indians USE Mapuche Indians
Araukan Indians USE Mapuche Indians
Aravaipa Indians USE Western Apache Indians
Aravaipa language USE Western Apache language
Arawak art  
Arawak Indians South America, West Indies
Arawak language  
Arawak pottery  
Arawakan Indians South America
Arawakan languages  
Arawete Indians Brazil
Architecture, Indian USE Indian architecture
Arecuna dialect Venezuela
Arecuna Indians Venezuela
Arecuna language USE Arecuna dialect
Arekaina Indians USE Arekena Indians
Arekena Indians Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela
Arekena language  
Arekena mythology  
Arekuna dialect USE Arecuna dialect
Arekuna Indians USE Arecuna Indians
Arequena Indians USE Arekena Indians
Arequena language USE Arekena language
Arhouaques-Kaggaba Indians USE Kagaba Indians
Arhuaco Indians Colombia
Arhuaco language USE Ica language
Arikara Indians Great Plains
Arikara language  
Arikara women  
Armor, Indian USE Indian armor
Arosaguntacook Indians New England
Arrowheads  
Art, Gwich' in USE Gwich' in art
Art, Indian USE Indian art
Artists, Indian USE Indian artists
Arts, Indian USE Indian arts
Arts, Modern -- Indian influences  
Aruaco language USE Ica language
Asan'ka Indians USE Kutenai Indians
Asan'ka language USE Kutenai language
Ashaninca Indians Brazil, Peru
Ashluslay Indians Argentina, Paraguay
Ashluslay language USE Chulupi language
Assateague Indians Delaware
Assiniboine dialect  
Assiniboine Indians Montana, Prairie Provinces
Asto Indians Peru
Astrology, Indian USE Indian astrology
Astronomy, Indian USE Indian astronomy
Asurini art  
Asurini Indians Brazil
Asurini language USE Tenetehara language
Atacama Indians USE Atacameño Indians
Atacama language USE Atacameno language
Atacamenian language USE Atacameno language
Atacameño Indians Bolivia, Chile
Atacameno language  
Atakapa Indians Louisiana, Texas
Atakapa language  
Atchuara Indians USE Achuar Indians
Atchuara language USE Achuar language
Athabascan Indians USE Athapascan Indians
Athapascan art  
Athapascan beadwork  
Athapascan embroidery  
Athapascan Indians North America
Athapascan languages  
Athapascan women  
Athapaskan Indians USE Athapascan Indians
Athletes, Indian USE Indian athletes
Atimuca language USE Timucua language
Atlatl USE Throwing-sticks
Atnah Indians USE Ahtena Indians
Atnah language USE Ahtena language
Atnatana Indians USE Ahtena Indians
Atsina Indians Montana
Atsina language  
Atsugewi Indians California
Atsugewi language  
Attacapa Indians USE Atakapa Indians
Attacapa language USE Atakapa language
Attakapa Indians USE Atakapa Indians
Attakapa language USE Atakapa language
Attikamek Indians Quebec (Province)
Auca Indians (Chile) USE Mapuche Indians
Auca Indians (Ecuador) USE Huao Indians
Aucan language USE Mapuche language
Aucanian Indians USE Mapuche Indians
Aucanian language USE Mapuche language
Augute Indians USE Gaviões Indians
Authors, Indian USE Indian authors
Autobiographies -- Indian authors  
Ava-Canoeiro Indians Brazil
Awa Indians USE Cuaiquer Indians
Awahun dialect USE Aguaruna dialect
Awahun Indians USE Aguaruna Indians
Axe Indians USE Guayaki Indians
Axluslay Indians USE Ashluslay Indians
Axluslay language USE Chulupi language
Ayaman Indians Venezuela
Ayamano Indians USE Ayaman Indians
Ayana language USE Wayana language
Aykamatheri Indians USE Shiriana Indians
Aymara calendar  
Aymara children  
Aymara Indians Bolivia, Peru
Aymara language  
Aymara literature  
Aymara mythology  
Aymara philosophy  
Aymara poetry  
Aymara textile fabrics  
Aymara women  
Aymara youth  
Ayoman Indians USE Ayaman Indians
Ayook Indians USE Mixe Indians
Ayook  language USE Mixe language
Ayore Indians USE Moro Indians
Ayore language USE Moro language (South America)
Ayoreo Indians USE Moro Indians
Ayoreo language USE Moro language (South America)
Ayoreode Indians USE Moro Indians
Ayoreode language USE Moro language (South America)
Aztec calendar  
Aztec cartography  
Aztec children  
Aztec chronology  
Aztec cookery  
Aztec dance  
Aztec ethics  
Aztec goddesses  
Aztec gods  
Aztec goldwork  
Aztec language USE Nahuatl language
Aztec magic  
Aztec mythology  
Aztec painting  
Aztec pottery  
Aztec Ruins National Monument (N.M.)  
Aztec sculpture  
Aztec women  
Azteco-Tanoan Indians Mexico; Southwest, New
Aztecs Mexico
Babine language  
Bad River Reservation (Wis.)  
Bakairi Indians Brazil
Bakairi language  
Ballerinas, Indian USE Indian ballerinas
Baniwa Indians Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela
Baniwa language  
Bannock Indians Idaho, Wyoming
Bannock Indians -- Wars, 1878  
Bannock language USE Northern Paiute language
Barasana Indians Brazil, Colombia
Barnare Indians USE Wayampi Indians
Barnare language USE Wayampi language
Basket-Maker Indians Mexico; Southwest, New
Basket makers, Indian USE Indian basket makers
Basketmaker Indians USE Basket-Maker Indians
Baskets, Indian USE Indian baskets
Bat Indians USE Cashinawa Indians
Baure Indians Bolivia
Baure language  
Bawichtigoutek Indians USE Ojibwa Indians
Bayano language USE Cuna language
Beadwork, Gwich' in USE Gwich' in beadwork
Beadwork, Indian USE Indian beadwork
Bear dance  
Bearlake Indians Northwest Territories
Beaver Indians USE Tsattine Indians
Bedonkohes Indians USE Chiricahua Indians
Beecher Island, Battle of, 1868  
Belenista languages USE Guaycuruan languages
Bella Bella Indians USE Heiltsuk Indians
Bella Coola art  
Bella Coola Indians British Columbia
Bella Coola language  
Bella Coola mythology  
Bellabella Indians British Columbia
Belly River (Mont. and Alta.), Battle of, 1870  
Beothuk Indians Newfoundland
Beothuk language  
Bering Land Bridge  
Betsiamites Indian Reserve (Quebec)  
Bidai Indians Texas
Big Cypress Reservation (Fla.)  
Big Dry Wash, Battle of, Ariz., 1882  
Big Valley Rancheria (Calif.)  
Biloxi Indians Mississippi, Southern States
Biloxi language  
Bintucua language USE Ica language
Bintuk language USE Ica language
Bintukus language USE Ica language
Birch-bark canoes USE Indians of North America -- Boats
Birch Coulee, Battle of, 1862  
Bison, American USE American bison
Black Bob Indian Reservation (Kan.)  
Black Carib Indians Antilles, Lesser; Central America
Black Carib language  
Black drink  
Black Hawk War, 1832  
Black Hawk War (Utah), 1865-1872  
Black-Indian relations USE Blacks -- Relations with Indians 
Blackduck culture North America
Blackfeet Indian Reservation (Mont.)  
Blackfeet Indians (Algonquian) USE Siksika Indians
Blackfeet Indians (Dakota) USE Sihasapa Indians
Blackfoot Indians (Algonquian) USE Siksika Indians
Blackfoot Indians (Dakota) USE Sihasapa Indians
Blackfoot language USE Siksika language
Blacks -- Relations with Indians   
Blood Indian Reserve (Alta.)  
Blood Indians USE Kainah Indians
Blue Licks, Battle of the, Ky., 1782  
Bocootawwonauke Indians Virginia
Bois Fort Reservation (Minn.)  
Bora Indians Colombia
Bororo astronomy  
Bororo featherwork  
Bororo Indians Bolivia, Brazil
Bororo language (Brazil)  
Bororo mythology  
Boruca Indians Costa Rica
Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation (N.M.)  
Botocudo Indians Brazil
Boys, Indian USE Indian boys
Brass Ankles  
Bribri dialect  
Bribri Indians Costa Rica
Brighton Reservation (Fla.)  
Brotherton Indians New England
Brothertown Indian Reservation (Wis.)  
Brulé Indians Great Plains
Buffalo, American USE American bison
Buffalo Creek Reservation (N.Y.)  
Buffalo dance  
Buffalo jump  
Bukina Indians (Uru) USE Uru Indians
Bukina language (Uru) USE Uru language
Bukueta Indians USE Guaymi Indians
Bulkley Carrier Indians USE Wet'suwet'en Indians
Bulkley River Carrier Indians USE Wet'suwet'en Indians
Bungee Indians USE Ojibwa Indians
Bungi Indians USE Ojibwa Indians
Burnt Mesa Pueblo (N.M.)  
Business enterprises, Indian USE Indian business enterprises
Butte, Battle of the, 1877  
Ca Gaba Indians USE Kagaba Indians
Cabahiba Indians USE Parintintin Indians
Cabazon Reservation (Calif.)  
Cabecar Indians Costa Rica
Cabiyari Indians Colombia
Caboclos (Brazilian people)  
Cacan language  
Cachiquel Indians USE Cakchikel Indians
Cachuy language USE Cauqui