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Menominee
Menominee ETHNONYM: Menomini Orientation Identification. The name of this American Indian group, "Menominee," derives from the Chippewa mano mini, meaning "wild rice people." Location. In the seventeenth century the Menominee inhabited the region bounded by Green Bay, Lake Michigan,... Read more |
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Anglo-Indian
Anglo-Indian ETHNONYMS: Castee, East Indian, Eurasian, Goan, Goanese, Mustee This term has been used in two distinct senses. Up to about 1900 it meant a British person (whether of English, Scottish, Irish or Welsh ancestry) who had been born in India ("country born") and resided there. But... Read more |
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Indians
Indians PRONUNCIATION:IN-dee-uhns LOCATION:India POPULATION:About 940 million LANGUAGE:Fifteen official languages: Hindi; Bengali; Telugu; Marathi; Tamil; Urdu; Gujarat; Malayalam; Kannada; Oriya; Punjab;Assames;Kashmiri; Sindhi; Sanskrit; English widely... Read more |
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Aryadeva (Indian Buddhist philosopher)
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Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968
Indian Civil Rights Act (1968) Steve Russell The Bill of Rights, (the first ten amendments to the Constitution) originally bound only the federal government, but after ratification of the fourteenth amendment portions of the Bill of Rights have also come to apply to state government. But... Read more |
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James William Denver
James William Denver 1817-92, American territorial governor, army officer, and Congressman, b. Winchester, Va. He commanded a company of Missouri volunteers in the Mexican War, then went (1850) to California, where he was state senator and secretary of state before serving (1855-57) as U.S.... Read more |
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Cherokee Cases
CHEROKEE CASES With the creation of the U.S. Constitution and a national government, political and legal policy-makers had to determine how to deal with Native American tribes that resided on lands granted to them by treaties. By the 1820s, U.S. policy toward what was regarded as the "Indian... Read more |
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Extraterritoriality
E XTRATERRITORIALITY Jules Davids and Jonathan M. Nielson A vital function of American diplomacy is the protection of persons, property, and trade interests of U.S. citizens, both native-born and naturalized, in foreign countries. Such... Read more |
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