oblong
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ob·long
/ ˈäbˌlông; -ˌläng/
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adj.
having an elongated shape, as a rectangle or an oval.
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n.
an object or flat figure in this shape.
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Trade beads help date Indian movements in region
Newspaper article from: St. Joseph News-Press; 4/2/2001; ; 491 words
; ...trade routes of early American Indian tribes. Of the St...trade route for American Indian tribes traveling south...said, a great deal of movement and change occurred...understand and date the American Indians' direction of trade...
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Like a Hurricane: The American Indian Movement from Alcatraz to Wounded Knee.
Magazine article from: The Progressive; 6/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...killing an Indian. Movement members and...Native American activists...rebellious Native Americans. In a new...Bureau of Indian Affairs funds...from the American Indian Movement. This brought...massacre of Indians by U.S...
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AIM (American Indian Movement) - the history.
Newspaper article from: Windspeaker; 7/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...birth of the American Indian Movement took place inside...a time when Indians in the United...neighbors, when Indian women were sterilized...Concerned Indian Americans," but the...to AIM - the American Indian Movement...Division of Indian Works and ...
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 "Indian Country Today (Lakota Times)")
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Anti Indian movement thrives in Montana
Newspaper article from: Indian Country Today (Lakota Times); 3/22/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...03-22-2000 Anti Indian movement thrives in Montana By...Mont. -- The anti-Indian movement is thriving...taken to educate non-Indians about tribal sovereignty...says, "the anti-Indian movement is a systematic...government which sets most American Indian policy. ...
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The Indian Movement and Political Democracy in Ecuador
Magazine article from: Latin American Politics and Society; 10/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...implications of the Ecuadorian Indian movement for democratic...During the 1990s, the movement successfully fostered...effects. While the movement fulfilled functions...the Ecuadorian Indian movement for democratic politics...is to offer a Latin American perspective on ...
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 "Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)")
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Indian movement icon, educator Deloria dies.(News)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 11/15/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...visionary of the Native American rights movement, died Sunday. Deloria...His writing gave Indian young people a sense...professor of American Indian Culture and Religious...policy aimed at ending Indian identity, generations...books that portrayed Indians as savages and ...
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American Indian Movement leader speaks at U. Houston
News Wire article from: University Wire; 10/26/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...40 percent of Native American women living on reservations...Sampson, a Native American, lodged against the...Texas chapter of the American Indian Movement, the largest and most...mistreatment of Native Americans. He said documents...and seize valuable Indian land, ruled the ...
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Indian movement seeks 'to expel white invasion'; Threatens S. American nations.(PAGE ONE)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 6/24/2005; 700+ words
; ...Latin America's 135 Indian nations to expel the...pointing out that Indians have intermarried with...and Argentina, pure Indians make up less than 10...an extremist anti-American agenda, fed in part...Pachkutec Indigenous Movement, talks about restoring...first president of Indian ...
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Russell Means.(American Indian Movement activist)(Interview)
Magazine article from: The Progressive; 9/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Russell Means, the American Indian Movement (AIM) activist, insisted...residence of the first Indian agent assigned to Porcupine...change the way American Indians are treated in this...damaged the Bureau of Indian Affairs headquarters...
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OJIBWA WARRIOR Dennis Banks and the Rise of the American Indian Movement
Magazine article from: USA Today; 9/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...and the Rise of the American Indian Movement BY DENNIS BANKS WITH...Forcibly educated at an Indian grammar school in Pipestone...disciplined life. (Native Americans generally are regarded...charges that he lost his Indian identity without acquiring...the culture of the ...
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American Indian Movement
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
American Indian Movement From first...American Indians have striven...civil rights movement, and they...the National Indian Youth Council...traditional American Indian values and...1964 American Indians in the Northwest...
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Nativist Movements (American Indian Revival Movements)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
NATIVIST MOVEMENTS (AMERICAN INDIAN REVIVAL MOVEMENTS) NATIVIST MOVEMENTS (AMERICAN INDIAN REVIVAL MOVEMENTS...employee of the Bureau of American Ethnology, quickly realized...the worldview of Native Americans, though their pace and...
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National Congress of American Indians
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...Congress of American Indians...create the Indian Claims Commission...appealed to many Indians. Also...reservation Indians from the...older Native Americans from the...century Indian affairs...intertribal movements had been...Congress of American ...
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National Indian Youth Council
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...of the civil rights movement of the period of its...abolition of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The National Indian Youth Council and the...Congress of American Indians both predate the American Indian Movement (AIM) and...H. Merrell, eds. American Nations: ...
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Asian Indian Americans
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
A SIAN INDIAN AMERICANS by Tinaz Pavri Overview...the northwest, the Indian Ocean to the south...About 82 percent of all Indians are Hindus. Approximately...Zoroastrians. While official Indian languages include Hindi...Indian independence movement. HISTORY One of the...
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