Les Indiens d'Amérique et les indigènes d'Alaska

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American Indians (AI) and Alaska Natives (AN) are people having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America, and who maintain tribal affiliation or community attachment. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, those who identified only as AI/AN constituted 0.9 percent of the United States population, or approximately 2.5 million individuals. There are 562 federally recognized AI/AN tribes, plus an unknown number of tribes that are not federally recognized.

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[...] is very different from those of Americans. The AI / AN have gradually disappeared from the arrival of the Europeans on the continent. The AI / AN have been victims of European diseases which they did not know and therefore which have done a lot of damage. But the AI / AN were also enslaved by the "white". T he AI / AN try to keep their living space, but the pressures are very important. That reduces their space and forces them to move increasingly into contact with modern life because they could no longer find food in a small space. [...]

[...] Alaska Native: The term collectively refers to Eskimos, Aleuts, and American Indians who are indigenous of Alaska. American Indian: This includes enrolled members of Federal and/or State recognized tribes as well as people who are self-identified as “American Indian” on the U.S. Census and other similar reports. Many people believe the battle over land between the U.S and Tribes ended decades ago. However, Tribes remain in legal battle againststates and U.S. governments. These lands continue to diminish as Tribes lose legal battles againststates and Federal US. Governments. [...]

[...] Les Indiens d'Amérique et les indigènes d'Alaska The AI / AN have gradually disappeared from the arrival of Europeans on the continent. The AI / AN have been victims of European diseases witch they did not know and therefore have done a lot of damage. But the AI / AN were also enslaved by the "white". T he AI / AN try to keep their living space, but the pressures are very important. That reduces their space and forces them to move increasingly into contact with modern life because he couldn't longer find food in a small space. [...]