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  2. Place of birth - Wikipedia

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    The place of birth (POB) or birthplace is the place where a person was born. This place is often used in legal documents, together with name and date of birth, to uniquely identify a person. Practice regarding whether this place should be a country, a territory or a city/town/locality differs in different countries, but often city or territory ...

  3. American ancestry - Wikipedia

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    According to U.S. Census Bureau; "Ancestry refers to a person's ethnic origin or descent, 'roots,' or heritage, or the place of birth of the person or the person's parents or ancestors before their arrival in the United States." [36] The plurality (not majority) ancestry background in each county in the US in 2000:

  4. List of place names of Native American origin in the United ...

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    Miami – Native American name for Lake Okeechobee and the Miami River, precise origin debated; see also Mayaimi [44] Micanopy – named after Seminole chief Micanopy. Myakka City – from unidentified Native American language. Ocala – from Timucua meaning "Big Hammock".

  5. Homeland - Wikipedia

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    A homeland is a place where a national or ethnic identity has formed. The definition can also mean simply one's country of birth. [ 1 ] When used as a proper noun , the Homeland, as well as its equivalents in other languages, often has ethnic nationalist connotations.

  6. Indigenous peoples - Wikipedia

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    A Kaqchikel family in the hamlet of Patzutzun, Guatemala, 1993. There is no generally accepted definition of Indigenous peoples, [a] [1] [2] [3] although in the 21st century the focus has been on self-identification, cultural difference from other groups in a state, a special relationship with their traditional territory, and an experience of subjugation and discrimination under a dominant ...

  7. List of placenames of Indigenous origin in the Americas

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    Etobicoke: "The place where the alders grow" from the word wadoopikaang in the Ojibwe language. Fort Erie: Iroquoian, erige, meaning "cat". Gananoque: Origin unknown, thought to be derived from Native languages for "place of health" or "meeting place" or "water running over rocks." Garafraxa: Possibly derived from the word for "panther country".

  8. What's real and what's fake? In the Native art world, the ...

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    Native art is far more than just creating something for people to look at, it oftentimes will tell the story of the tribe,” Thorn said. ... said the world is a much different place than the ...

  9. List of Alabama placenames of Native American origin

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    Eastaboga, Alabama - from Muscogee este (person), ak (in water, a low place), pokv (from the work vpoketv: to sit/live). Escatawpa – from the Choctaw phrase eskatawpa, meaning "the place where cane is cut". [22] Shared with the Escatawpa River. Eufaula - from the Muscogee yofalv, the name of a tribal town.