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Kootenai, indigenous group of North America

(Encyclopedia) KootenaiKootenaik&oomacr;tˈənāˌ [key], group of Native North Americans who in the 18th cent. occupied the so-called Kootenai country (i.e., N Montana, N Idaho, and SE British…

Penobscot, indigenous people of North America

(Encyclopedia) PenobscotPenobscotpənŏbˈskŏt [key], indigenous people of North America whose language belongs to the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American…

Wichita, indigenous people of North America

(Encyclopedia) WichitaWichitawĭchˈĭtô [key], Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Caddoan branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). They formerly…

Yakima, indigenous people of North America

(Encyclopedia) YakimaYakimayăkˈəmô, –mə [key], indigenous people of North America whose language belongs to the Sahaptin-Chinook branch of the Penutian linguistic stock (see Native American languages…

Yuma, indigenous people of North America

(Encyclopedia) YumaYumay&oomacr;ˈ mə [key], Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Yuman branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). Also known as…

Boys and Girls Clubs of America

(Encyclopedia) Boys and Girls Clubs of America, federation of more than 1,006 organizations established (1906) in Boston as the Federated Boys' Clubs to help young people, especially those who are…

Smith, John, English colonist in America

(Encyclopedia) Smith, John, c.1580–1631, English colonist in America, b. Willoughby, Lincolnshire, England. A merchant's apprentice until his father's death in 1596, he thereafter lived an…

Stockbridge, indigenous people of North America

(Encyclopedia) Stockbridge, Native North Americans of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). In the early 17th cent. they were known as the Housatonic and were part…