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Berber Americans, American Berbers, or Amazigh Americans, are Americans of Berber (or Amazigh) descent. Although a part of the population of the Maghreb (in the North Africa) is of Berber descent, only 1,327 people declared Berber ancestry in the 2000 US census .
Berber tribes are tribes of Berber descent inhabiting the Maghreb region. They are traditionally divided into three large tribal confederations: Masmuda , Zenata and Sanhaja . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They often form smaller confederations of tribes together (for example the Haha or the Ait Yafelman ).
Berbers are not an entirely homogeneous ethnicity, and they include a range of societies, ancestries, and lifestyles. The unifying forces for the Berber people may be their shared language or a collective identification with Berber heritage and history. As a legacy of the spread of Islam, the Berbers are now mostly Sunni Muslim.
Monday, October 12, 2020 is Indigenous Peoples’ Day in the U.S.. The holiday recognizes the native tribes of the U.S. before Christopher Columbus and other explorers arrived and displaced them ...
This organization's goal is to promote the Amazigh (Berber) language and culture in the United States. [6] The United Amazigh Algerian (UAAA), a nonreligious association based in the San Francisco bay area, also have a like goal of boosting the Berber culture in North America and beyond. [11]
American people of Berber descent (2 C, 1 P) C. ... Pages in category "Berber diaspora in the United States" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
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