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Indian rhinoceros
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Indian Americans
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Mahavira (Indian ascetic)
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Indian Intercourse Act
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John Collier
John Collier 1884-1968, American social worker, anthropologist, and author, educated at Columbia and the Collège de France. After holding several positions in community organization and social work training, he became active in Native American affairs in 1922. Collier was editor of the... Read more |
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Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968
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Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988
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Smithsonian Institution. National Museum of the American Indian
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Frederick Webb Hodge
Frederick Webb Hodge 1864-1956, American anthropologist, b. England. He was taken to the United States at the age of seven. He entered the field of archaeology through service (1884-86) in the Southwest with the U.S. Geological Survey and as secretary (1886-89) to the Hemenway Archaeological... Read more |
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Bodhidharma
Bodhidharma (active 6th century ad) Indian Buddhist monk who travelled to China and founded Zen Buddhism.... Read more |
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North American Indians: Indians of the Southwest
NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS: INDIANS OF THE SOUTHWEST From the southern end of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, the Southwest culture area extends southward...it is not surprising that the Southwest should contain an equal cultural... |
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The Southwest
The Southwest The Southwest encompasses New Mexico, southwestern...is sometimes considered part of the Southwest, much of east Texas is more closely...the foods of Spanish and Spanish-Indian settlers from Mexico. This tradition... |
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Southwest, The
...rainfall annually. The Southwest's distance from most...regional development. The Southwest's earliest human...destruction to the Indians. During the seventeenth...by a San Juan pueblo Indian, Popé, drove...north to deal with the ... |
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Southwest
...distinguished from the Old Southwest of the early 19th‐...Hopi , and Zuñi Indians , and the refuge of such frontier...x2010;gun sheriff, the Southwest is a favorite setting for...and the literature of the Southwest includes works about the ... |
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Pueblo Indians
Pueblo Indians "Pueblo Indians" is the generic label for American Indian groups of the Southwest who are descended from the Anasazi peoples who inhabited the American Southwest continuously from the eighth century a... |
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Southwestern Indians
SOUTHWESTERN INDIANS The pre-colonial Indians of the American Southwest included the Mogollon, Hohokam...woods groups arrived in the Southwest later and were very different...the lives of Southwestern Indians. The Spaniards brought with...the ... |
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Indians
Indians PRONUNCIATION: IN-dee...in South Asia. The word "Indian" comes from Sindhu, a local name for the Indus River. Indians also call their country...name of a legendary emperor. Indian history dates to the third...Portuguese sailors landed on the ... |
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North American [Indian] Religions: An Overview
...illuminate at least some aspects of Southwest Indian religious history. In the...documents throw light on the Indians of the Southeast Woodlands...western Canadian, and Alaskan Indian religions. Main Religious...basically common to all the ... |
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Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean third largest ocean...s total ocean area. The Indian Ocean is connected with the...The continental shelf of the Indian Ocean is narrow. Madagascar...shift of monsoon winds. The southwest monsoon draws moisture from... |
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Indian wars
Indian wars in American history...American resistance. In the Southwest the most notable incident...intermittent warfare in the Southwest and Northwest. In these conflicts...by two of the more renowned Indian fighters, generals George... |
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Treaty Councils (Indian Treaty-Making)
...TREATY COUNCILS (INDIAN TREATY-MAKING...occupying or seizing Indians' land, prohibited...Congress passed the Indian Removal Act, which...the Plains and in the Southwest. The next major shift...Congress passed the Indian Reorganization ... |
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Wild West
...frontiersman, guide, and Indian fighter in the West and Southwest. [Am. Hist...Cheyenne North American Indians who made up part...1874) Apache Indian chief who led the...white men in the Southwest. [Am. Hist...x2013; 1877) ... |
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Native American Wars
...and the French and Indian War (1754–...the Plains and the Southwest, on the other hand...already inhabited by Indians. Thus, in 1622 and...considered a pan-Indian alliance, this became...difficult to accomplish as Indian survival ... |
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Internal Colonialism
...ways in which workers in the Southwest differ from one region to...formative years (beginning in the Southwest around 1803 and extending...Mexican-origin people of the Southwest and far West. The United...were superior to Mexicans and Indians. The legal ... |
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War of 1812
...British aided by northwestern Indians who had been feeling the brunt...which destroyed the British-Indian alliance in November. But...neutral independent buffer Indian state and to revise the American...territory was not gained, Indian opposition to westward ... |
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Tucson
...Tohono O'Odham (Papago) Indian village that stood at the...founded San Xavier del Bac Indian mission, and the Spanish...Resistance to Urban Growth in the Southwest. Tucson: University of...Arizona ; Gadsden Purchase ; Southwest . |
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Pike, Albert
...Massachusetts and headed for the southwest, where he held a variety...he became commissioner of Indian affairs for the Confederacy and organized several Indian regiments to fight for the...of Union dead by Pike's Indian regiment and Pike's accusation... |
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Wind
...Lit.: Odyssey ] Afer (Africus) southwest wind. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 11...Myth.: Kravitz, 42] Auster the southwest wind. [Rom. Myth.: Kravitz, 42...Hiawatha in Magill I, 905] Mudjekeewis Indian chief; held dominion over all winds... |
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Apache Wars
Apache Wars a protracted campaign in the American Southwest, beginning in the 1870s under U.S. Gen. George Crook...The United States fought against bands of Chiricahua Apache Indians led by such fierce and elusive fighters as Geronimo and the chief Cochise . Cavalry pursuits and ... |
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Minority
...and by the taking of land from American Indians and from Mexicans who settled in what became the U.S. Southwest. Usually, a minority group is defined...Americans and Puerto Ricans, and American Indians. In these instances, the degree of... |
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Splendid new showcases for Southwest Indian art.
...distinguished museums: the Southwest Museum in Los Angeles...the cultures of the Indians who live from the lower...Corners region. Pan-Indian themes at the Southwest Oldest museum in Los...devoted to Southwest Indians ... |
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Southwest Indian Ocean SST Variability: Its Local Effect and Remote Influence...
...used to examine the role of Indian Ocean sea surface temperature...Ocean, and (iii) tropical Indian Ocean. A 10-member ensemble...precipitation variations over the southwest Indian Ocean are tied to local...the SST fluctuations over the ... |
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SOUTHWEST INDIAN ART FAIR RESURRECTED FROM BUDGET ASHES.
...Southern Arizona's premier Indian art show and market has been...October that its 17th annual Southwest Indian Art Fair, or SWIAF...art market; several in the Southwest have already folded or faded...components so central to our Southwest ... |
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A story to remember: Southwest Indian storytellers.
The legends of the Southwest Indians are rich in tradition...Until recently, these Indians did not have a written...information. The Pueblo-Indian potters have made clay...artistic customs of the Southwest Indians. I wanted to ... |
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A STORY to Remember: SOUTHWEST INDIAN STORYTELLERS
The legends of the Southwest Indians are rich in tradition...Until recently, these Indians did not have a written...information. The Pueblo-Indian potters have made clay...artistic customs of the Southwest Indians. I wanted to ... |
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UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO LAW'S SOUTHWEST INDIAN LAW CLINIC PRESENTS INDIAN LAW...
...release: The UNM School of Law's Southwest Indian Law Clinic, in conjunction with...University who is teaching at the Southwest Indian Law Clinic this summer...interested in drawing upon the Southwest Indian Law Clinic and ... |
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Southwest Indian tribes discuss how to handle skulls of ancestors stored at...
...Elders of several Southwest Indian tribes are discussing...as being Anasazi Indians who died between...those of Anasazi Indians, who lived in...estimated 200,000 Indian remains in their...tribes from the Southwest have been ... |
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Climatic determinants and statistical prediction of tropical cyclone days in...
...tropical cyclone (TC) days in the southwest Indian Ocean area (10degree--25degreeS...days are positive over the entire southwest Indian Ocean from -4 to +2 months...variability of TC days in the southwest Indian Ocean. Using ... |
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GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY PROVIDES ASSISTANCE FOR SOUTHWEST INDIAN OCEAN...
...help seven countries[1]in the Southwest Indian Ocean region, to manage fisheries...development of marine resources. The Southwest Indian Ocean Fisheries project...resources through adoption by the Southwest Indian ... |
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Southwest Indian Foundation Catalog Grows
...nerve center of the Southwest Indian Foundation' s catalog...unemployment among American Indians, expects to bring in...reservation. American Indian artists say the catalog...charity's clothing. Southwest Indian Foundation ... |
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