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In the era following King Philip's War (1675–1678), Native American communities were often names by the locations in which they lived. [3] While this community primarily included Massachusett people, it also members of neighboring Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands, who collectively were called Natick Indians.
The Oka Crisis (French: Crise d'Oka), [8] [9] [10] also known as the Kanehsatà:ke Resistance (French: Résistance de Kanehsatà:ke), [1] [11] [12] or Mohawk Crisis, was a land dispute between a group of Mohawk people and the town of Oka, Quebec, Canada, over plans to build a golf course on land known as "The Pines" which included an indigenous burial ground.
The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas. 2: 187– 222. ISBN 0-521-65204-9. Gibson, Charles (1964). The Aztecs Under Spanish Rule. Stanford University Press. Jones, Grant D. (2000). "The Lowland Maya from the Conquest to the Present". The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas. 2: 346– 391. ISBN 0-521-65204-9.
The Chimakum people were a Chimakuan-speaking people whose traditional territory lay in the area of Port Townsend. Beset by warfare from surrounding Salish peoples, their last major presence in the region was eradicated by the Suquamish under Chief Seattle in the mid-19th century. Some survivors were absorbed by neighbouring Salish peoples ...
The Nilotic people are people indigenous to South Sudan and East Africa who speak the Nilotic languages. They inhabit South Sudan and the Gambela Region of Ethiopia , while also being a large minority in Kenya , Uganda , the north eastern border area of Democratic Republic of the Congo , and Tanzania .
A major source of income for this people was the taxation of caravans, and tributes collected from non-Bedouin settlements. They also earned income by transporting goods and people in caravans pulled by domesticated camels across the desert. [38] Scarcity of water and of permanent pastoral land required them to move constantly.
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Indian Americans are people with ancestry from India who are citizens or permanent residents of the United States.The terms Asian Indian and East Indian are used to avoid confusion with Native Americans in the United States, who are also referred to as "Indians" or "American Indians".