Native American community

Indigenous peoples' homeland

A Native American community is a group of Indigenous peoples of the Americas living together or sharing cultural, social, and political bonds.

The term often refers to federally recognized tribes, reservations, or urban populations maintaining Indigenous identity and traditions: The Native American community has advocated for land rights.

It can also describe the broader collective of Indigenous peoples across North America.

Related

powwow · Navajo · tribal council · Trail of Tears · Wounded Knee Massacre · Sioux · endangered languages · clan system · Apache · storytelling · drum circle · treaties · Iroquois · sacred sites · medicine wheel · vision quests · Indian Removal Act · oral history

Opposites
indigeneity vs. settler/colonial origin

Native American communitycolonial settlement

Outpost in claimed territory

colonial outpost · immigrant community · pioneer settlement · frontier town · Plymouth Colony

historical continuity vs. displacement

Native American communityreservation

Advance arrangement to hold

Family

native, American, America, Americas, nativity, natively, nation, national, nationally

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Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G