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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 ...
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:
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".
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.
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 ...
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".
“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 ...
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.