American Indian
noun
plural American Indians
: a member of any of the Indigenous peoples of the western hemisphere except often certain peoples (such as the Yupik and Inuit) who live in arctic regions
especially
: an American Indian of North America and especially the U.S. compare native american
American Indian
adjective
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Black, and American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) people are more likely to die before age 75 from preventable and treatable causes, including, but not limited to, some infections such as appendicitis and certain cancers, than white populations, according to the analysis.
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ABC News, 17 Apr. 2024
At Nebraska Indian Community College, with three campuses on or near the Omaha and Santee reservations, the pandemic more than doubled native enrollment, according to the American Indian Higher Education Consortium, while the number of non-native students increased nearly twelvefold.
—Matt Krupnick, The Arizona Republic, 14 Apr. 2024
The National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) in Washington, D.C., founded as part of implementing NAGPRA, was a way to responsibly deal with the large collection of Native American skeletal remains and sacred burial objects held by the Smithsonian.
—Kathleen Duval, TIME, 10 Apr. 2024
The others race and ethnicity categories are American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, Middle Eastern or North African, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and White.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 28 Mar. 2024
The bad actors were disproportionately targeting Indigenous people enrolled in a small Medicaid program called the American Indian Health Program, investigators have said.
—Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 26 Mar. 2024
Sacramento State, for example, currently has 17 faculty members who identify as American Indian according to the university’s employee demographics.
—Emma Hall, Sacramento Bee, 8 Mar. 2024
As in 2021, the overdose death rate was highest among American Indian and Alaska Native people, jumping 15% in 2022, according to the latest CDC data.
—Deidre McPhillips, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024
Racially, the search yielded one Hispanic, one American Indian, five Asian, two Black and 25 white applicants of the 34 who participated in the survey.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2024
ABC News, 17 Apr. 2024
At Nebraska Indian Community College, with three campuses on or near the Omaha and Santee reservations, the pandemic more than doubled native enrollment, according to the American Indian Higher Education Consortium, while the number of non-native students increased nearly twelvefold.
—Matt Krupnick, The Arizona Republic, 14 Apr. 2024
The National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) in Washington, D.C., founded as part of implementing NAGPRA, was a way to responsibly deal with the large collection of Native American skeletal remains and sacred burial objects held by the Smithsonian.
—Kathleen Duval, TIME, 10 Apr. 2024
The others race and ethnicity categories are American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, Middle Eastern or North African, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and White.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 28 Mar. 2024
The bad actors were disproportionately targeting Indigenous people enrolled in a small Medicaid program called the American Indian Health Program, investigators have said.
—Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 26 Mar. 2024
Sacramento State, for example, currently has 17 faculty members who identify as American Indian according to the university’s employee demographics.
—Emma Hall, Sacramento Bee, 8 Mar. 2024
As in 2021, the overdose death rate was highest among American Indian and Alaska Native people, jumping 15% in 2022, according to the latest CDC data.
—Deidre McPhillips, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024
Racially, the search yielded one Hispanic, one American Indian, five Asian, two Black and 25 white applicants of the 34 who participated in the survey.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2024
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