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Otomí

(Encyclopedia)Otomí ōtōmēˈ [key], a Macro-Otomanguean language spoken by Native Americans of W central Mexico. See Native American languages. ...

Yokuts

(Encyclopedia)Yokuts yōˈko͝ots [key], Native North Americans of S California. Their culture was essentially that of the California cultural area, and their basketry and pictographs are notable. In the late 18th ...

Penutian

(Encyclopedia)Penutian pəno͞oˈshən [key], linguistic family, or stock, of Native Americans of North and Central America. See Native American languages. ...

Uto-Aztecan

(Encyclopedia)Uto-Aztecan yo͞oˈtō-ăztĕkˈən [key], branch of the Aztec-Tanoan linguistic stock. The languages belonging to this stock are spoken in North and Central America. See Native American languages. ...

North American Indian music

(Encyclopedia)North American Indian music: see Native American music. ...

Salishan

(Encyclopedia)Salishan sāˈlĭshən, sălˈ– [key], branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic family, or stock, of North America and spoken by Native Americans of the NW United States and W Canada. See Native...

Wakashan

(Encyclopedia)Wakashan wäkăshˈən, wôˈkəshänˌ, –shônˌ [key], branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic family, or stock, of North America and spoken by Native Americans of W Canada and the state of W...

Kechua

(Encyclopedia)Kechua: see Quechua; Native American languages. ...

Nahuatl

(Encyclopedia)Nahuatl: see Nahuatlan; Native American languages. ...

American architecture

(Encyclopedia)American architecture, the architecture produced in the geographical area that now constitutes the United States. Wright, generally acknowledged as one of the greatest architects of the 20th cent., ...