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  1. Aleut
    a community of Native Americans who speak an Eskimo-Aleut language and inhabit the Aleutian Islands and southwestern Alaska
  2. Aleutian
    a member of the people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands and southwestern Alaska
  3. Algonquian
    a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada; many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast
  4. Algonquian language
    family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains
  5. Algonquin
    a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada; many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast
  6. Anasazi
    a Native American who lived in what is now southern Colorado and Utah and northern Arizona and New Mexico and who built cliff dwellings
  7. Arawak
    a member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America
  8. Arawakan
    a family of South American Indian languages spoken in northeastern South America
  9. Assamese
    native or inhabitant of the state of Assam in northeastern India
  10. Atakapa
    a member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas
  11. Atakapan
    a language spoken by the Atakapa of the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas
  12. Athabascan
    a group of Amerindian languages
  13. Athabaskan
    a group of Amerindian languages
  14. Athapascan
    a group of Amerindian languages
  15. Athapaskan
    a group of Amerindian languages
  16. Athapaskan language
    a group of Amerindian languages
  17. Attacapa
    a language spoken by the Atakapa of the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas
  18. Attacapan
    a member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas
  19. Bohemian
    of or relating to Bohemia or its language or people
  20. Buffalo Indian
    a member of one of the tribes of American Indians who lived a nomadic life following the buffalo in the Great Plains of North America
  21. Caddo
    a group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas
  22. Caddoan
    a family of North American Indian languages spoken widely in the Midwest by the Caddo
  23. Caddoan language
    a family of North American Indian languages spoken widely in the Midwest by the Caddo
  24. Carib
    a member of an American Indian peoples of northeastern South America and the Lesser Antilles
  25. Caribbean language
    the family of languages spoken by the Carib
  26. Chickasaw
    a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in northern Mississippi
  27. Coeur d'Alene
    a member of an Amerindian people living in northern Idaho around Coeur d'Alene Lake
  28. Creek
    any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma
  29. Dravidian
    a member of one of the aboriginal races of India
  30. Eskimo
    a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic
  31. Esquimau
    a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic
  32. Gipsy
    a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America)
  33. Gujarati
    a member of the people of Gujarat
  34. Gujerati
    a member of the people of Gujarat
  35. Gypsy
    a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America)
  36. Haida
    a member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska
  37. Hoka
    a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan languages
  38. Hokan
    a family of Amerindian languages spoken in California
  39. Inuit
    a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic
  40. Inuit
    a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic
  41. Iroquoian
    a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois
  42. Iroquoian language
    a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois
  43. Iroquois
    a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois
  44. jawan
    (India) a private soldier or male constable
  45. Kashmiri
    of or relating to or characteristic of Kashmir or its people or culture
  46. Kechua
    the language of the Quechua which was spoken by the Incas
  47. Kechuan
    of or relating to the Quechua or their language
  48. Mahratta
    a member of a people of India living in Maharashtra
  49. Maracan language
    the language spoken by the Maraco
  50. Maraco
    a member of the South American people living in Argentina and Bolivia and Paraguay
  51. Maratha
    a member of a people of India living in Maharashtra
  52. Maya
    a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between AD 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy
  53. Mayan
    a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between AD 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy
  54. Mayan language
    a family of American Indian languages spoken by Maya
  55. Mosan
    a family of Amerindian languages spoken in Washington and British Columbia
  56. Muskhogean
    a member of any of the peoples formerly living in southeastern United States and speaking Muskhogean languages
  57. Muskhogean language
    a family of North American Indian languages spoken in the southeastern United States
  58. Muskogean
    a member of any of the peoples formerly living in southeastern United States and speaking Muskhogean languages
  59. Muskogean language
    a family of North American Indian languages spoken in the southeastern United States
  60. Na-Dene
    a family of North American Indian languages
  61. Nahuatl
    a member of any of various Indian peoples of central Mexico
  62. Olmec
    a member of an early Mesoamerican civilization centered around Veracruz that flourished between 1300 and 400 BC
  63. Oriya
    a member of a people in India living in Orissa and neighboring areas
  64. Paleo-American
    a member of the Paleo-American peoples who were the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America during the late Pleistocene epoch
  65. Paleo-Amerind
    a member of the Paleo-American peoples who were the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America during the late Pleistocene epoch
  66. Paleo-Indian
    a member of the Paleo-American peoples who were the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America during the late Pleistocene epoch
  67. Panjabi
    a member of the majority people of Punjab in northwestern India
  68. Penutian
    a family of Amerindian language spoken in the great interior valley of California
  69. Plains Indian
    a member of one of the tribes of American Indians who lived a nomadic life following the buffalo in the Great Plains of North America
  70. Pueblo
    a member of any of about two dozen Native American peoples called `Pueblos' by the Spanish because they live in pueblos (villages built of adobe and rock)
  71. Punjabi
    a member of the majority people of Punjab in northwestern India
  72. Quechua
    the language of the Quechua which was spoken by the Incas
  73. Quechuan
    of or relating to the Quechua or their language
  74. Quechuan language
    the language of the Quechua which was spoken by the Incas
  75. Roma
    capital and largest city of Italy
  76. Romani
    of or relating to the Gypsies or their language or culture
  77. Romany
    a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America)
  78. Rommany
    a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America)
  79. Salish
    a member of a group of North American Indians speaking a Salishan language and living on the northwest coast of North America
  80. sannup
    a married male American Indian
  81. Shoshone
    a member of the North American Indian people (related to the Aztecs) of the southwestern United States
  82. Shoshoni
    a member of the North American Indian people (related to the Aztecs) of the southwestern United States
  83. Siouan
    a member of a group of North American Indian peoples who spoke a Siouan language and who ranged from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains
  84. Siouan language
    a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Sioux
  85. squaw
    an American Indian woman
  86. Tanoan
    a family of North American Indian language spoken in southwestern United States
  87. Tanoan language
    a family of North American Indian language spoken in southwestern United States
  88. Taracahitian
    a member of a group of peoples of Mexico
  89. Tlingit
    a member of a seafaring group of North American Indians living in southern Alaska
  90. Tupi-Guarani
    a family of South American Indian languages
  91. Tupi-Guarani language
    a family of South American Indian languages
  92. Uto-Aztecan
    a family of American Indian languages
  93. Uto-Aztecan language
    a family of American Indian languages
  94. Wakashan
    a member of one of the peoples in British Columbia and Washington who speak the Wakashan language
  95. Zapotec
    a member of a large tribe of Mesoamericans living in southern Mexico whose civilization flourished around 300 to 900
  96. Zapotecan
    a member of a large tribe of Mesoamericans living in southern Mexico whose civilization flourished around 300 to 900
Created on Sun May 23 10:18:41 EDT 2010

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