Amerindian
First Nations person
Amerindian refers to the indigenous peoples of the Americas—North, Central, and South America—or their languages and cultures.
The term combines American and Indian and is used particularly in anthropological and linguistic contexts: Amerindian languages, Amerindian populations.
It appears more commonly in British English and in discussions of South American and Caribbean indigenous groups than in North American contexts, where Native American or Indigenous predominate.
Original inhabitants of land
- First NationsCanada's non-Inuit indigenous peoples
- AboriginalAustralia's native peoples
- tribalOf a clan
- NavajoSouthwestern indigenous people
Cherokee · Sioux · Apache · Iroquois · Inuit · Maya · Aztec · Inca
Foreign territorial takeover
- reservationAdvance arrangement to hold
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- Trail of Tears1830s forced indigenous relocation
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
displacement · resistance · sovereignty · land rights · boarding school · assimilation · genocide · pre-Columbian
Uto-Aztecan language of Mexico
- QuechuaAndean indigenous language family
- Cherokee syllabaryScript for a tribal language
- Mayan glyphsAncient script of Guatemala
- AlgonquianNorth American language family
Athabaskan · Iroquoian · language family · Guarani · Inuktitut · Ojibwe · endangered languages
Ceremonial tribal gathering
- totemSpiritual clan symbol
- kachinaCarved ceremonial spirit figure
- dreamcatcherHoop-and-web sleep amulet
- sweat lodgeHeated structure for ritual purification
potlatch · vision quest · wampum · tipi · longhouse · moccasin · regalia · ceremony
Indigenous
Original inhabitants of land
- First NationsCanada's non-Inuit indigenous peoples
- AboriginalAustralia's native peoples
- tribalOf a clan
Navajo · Cherokee · Sioux · Apache · Iroquois · Inuit · Maya · Aztec · Inca · Guarani
colonization
Foreign territorial takeover
- reservationAdvance arrangement to hold
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- Trail of Tears1830s forced indigenous relocation
conquest · displacement · resistance · sovereignty · land rights · boarding school · assimilation · genocide · pre-Columbian · Wounded Knee
Nahuatl
Uto-Aztecan language of Mexico
- QuechuaAndean indigenous language family
- Cherokee syllabaryScript for a tribal language
- Mayan glyphsAncient script of Guatemala
Algonquian · Athabaskan · Iroquoian · language family · Guarani · Inuktitut · Ojibwe · endangered languages
powwow
Ceremonial tribal gathering
- totemSpiritual clan symbol
- kachinaCarved ceremonial spirit figure
- dreamcatcherHoop-and-web sleep amulet
sweat lodge · potlatch · vision quest · wampum · tipi · longhouse · moccasin · regalia · ceremony · elder
- Indigenous AmericasInca, Quechua, Maya, Guarani, Aztec
- EthnicitiesAsian, African, European, Arab, Chinese
- demographicspopulation density, population growth, age distribution, population, gender ratio
- Honduran peoplesHondurans, indigenous peoples, mestizo
- Language familiesIndo-European, Afro-Asiatic, Sino-Tibetan, Austronesian, Dravidian