Indigenous peoples of North America

E19559

cultural group ethnic group indigenous peoples

Indigenous peoples of North America are the diverse original inhabitants of the continent, encompassing numerous distinct nations, cultures, and languages with deep historical and spiritual ties to the land.

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Statements (90)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural group → ethnic group → indigenous peoples →
alsoKnownAs	American Indians and Alaska Natives → First Nations and Native Americans → First Peoples of North America → Native Americans →
continent	North America →
facedIssue	cultural assimilation policies → dispossession of land → environmental injustice → language endangerment → systemic discrimination →
hasContemporaryMovement	Indigenous environmental activism → cultural resurgence → land back movement → language revitalization initiatives → truth and reconciliation processes →
hasCulturalPractice	agricultural practices such as the Three Sisters → art and craft traditions → ceremonial gatherings → communal land stewardship → oral traditions → storytelling → subsistence hunting and fishing → traditional ecological knowledge →
hasHistoricalEvent	European colonization of the Americas → Idle No More movement → Indian Removal in the United States → Red Power movement → forced relocation policies → reservation system establishment → residential and boarding school systems → treaty-making with colonial and national governments →
hasHistoricalPresenceSince	at least 15,000 years ago → pre-Columbian era →
hasLanguageFamily	Algonquian languages → Athabaskan languages → Caddoan languages → Eskimo–Aleut languages → Iroquoian languages → Mayan languages → Muskogean languages → Na-Dene languages → Penutian languages → Puebloan languages → Salishan languages → Siouan languages → Tanoan languages → Uto-Aztecan languages → Yuman–Cochimí languages →
hasNotableNation	Apache → Cherokee Nation → Cree → Haida → Haudenosaunee Confederacy → Inuit communities → Lakota → Maya peoples in Mesoamerica → Navajo Nation → Ojibwe → Pueblo peoples → Tlingit →
hasRight	cultural preservation → land rights → language revitalization → self-determination → treaty rights →
hasSpiritualConnectionTo	ancestors → animals → land → waters →
hasSubgroup	Alaska Natives → First Nations → Indigenous peoples in Canada → Indigenous peoples in Mexico → Indigenous peoples of California → Indigenous peoples of the Arctic → Indigenous peoples of the Eastern Woodlands → Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin → Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains → Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast → Indigenous peoples of the Plateau → Indigenous peoples of the Southeast → Indigenous peoples of the Southwest → Indigenous peoples of the Subarctic → Inuit → Métis → Native Americans in the United States →
recognizedBy	United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples →

Referenced by (25)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cochimí people → Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik → First Nations ("Indigenous peoples in Canada") → Indigenous peoples of California → Native Americans ("Indigenous peoples of the Americas") →	partOf
Indigenous peoples of North America ("First Nations and Native Americans") → Indigenous peoples of North America ("First Peoples of North America") →	alsoKnownAs
A Concise Account of North America → Cultural and Natural Areas of Native North America →	mainSubject
Native American Church →	associatedWithEthnicGroup
Northeast Woodlands ("Native North America") →	culturalAreaOf
Cascadia ("Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast") →	culturalInfluenceFrom
New France →	demographicGroup
Delaware Nation →	ethnicGroup
Hall of Native North Americans →	focusesOn
Canada West Coast ("Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast") →	homeTo
British–Native American wars →	mainParticipants
Latin America ("Indigenous peoples of the Americas") →	majorEthnicGroup
Old Northwest ("Indigenous peoples of the Great Lakes region") →	populationIncluded
Adirondack people →	refersTo
Pre-Columbian era ("Indigenous peoples of the Americas") →	relatedConcept
Franz Boas ("Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast") →	researchFocus
Takic peoples →	subclassOf
Society for the Anthropology of North America ("North American cultures") →	topic
Tomahawk axe ("indigenous peoples of North America") →	usedBy