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Martha Craig (8 August 1866 – 2 April 1950) was an explorer, writer and lecturer on scientific theories from Ireland.She was considered to be the first European woman to explore the Labrador region of Canada, assisted by indigenous guides in 1905. [1]
Native American nations, Irish immigrants to the United States, and residents of Ireland have a history of often-supportive interactions dating back to the start of the Great Famine. Across multiple generations, people from both communities have drawn attention to their parallel histories of colonization by English-speaking countries.
Thomas Fitzpatrick (1799 – February 7, 1854) was an Irish fur trader in America [1] Indian agent, and mountain man. [2] He trapped for the Rocky Mountain Fur Company and the American Fur Company. He was among the first white men to discover South Pass, Wyoming.
"Mary being arrayed in Indian costume", illustration published in an 1856 biography of Jemison. Mary Jemison was born to Thomas and Jane Jemison aboard the ship William and Mary in the fall of 1743, while en route from British Ireland (in today's Northern Ireland) to America.
The Indian princess or Native American princess is usually a stereotypical and inaccurate representation of a Native American or other Indigenous woman of the Americas. [1] The term "princess" was often mistakenly applied to the daughters of tribal chiefs or other community leaders by early American colonists who mistakenly believed that Indigenous people shared the European system of royalty. [1]
a guide for the bush, or from a native population; Military. Corps of Guides (India) Children's Guiding. YMCA Indian Guides, the former name of Adventure Guides, an outdoor youth program; a girl guide/scout in/from India, see Scouting and Guiding in India; a girl guide/scout who is American Indian, see American Indian Scouting Association; Other
Native American woman at work. Life in society varies from tribe to tribe and region to region, but some general perspectives of women include that they "value being mothers and rearing healthy families; spiritually, they are considered to be extensions of the Spirit Mother and continuators of their people; socially, they serve as transmitters of cultural knowledge and caretakers of children ...
Native American identity is a complex and contested issue. The Bureau of Indian Affairs defines Native American as having American Indian or Alaska Native ancestry. Legally, being Native American is defined as being enrolled in a federally recognized tribe or Alaskan village. These entities establish their own membership rules, and they vary.