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How do you feel about Native American languages slowly being lost?
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∙ 12y ago
i think its terrible. we should learn other languages. there are other people in this world that speak other languages, and we should know how to communicate with them.
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What south American country has two official languages?
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I being a native prefer to be called a native American
How does one get Indian rights?
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What American state do you speak creole?
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How do you receive money for being American native descendant?
you dont
Who was Black Elk?
An native American who converted to being Christin
Can an employee of a native American tribe be fired for not being native American?
Yes they can be fired. Native preference is codified. Tribes may discriminate against non natives for jobs.
Why are there so few Native American language today?
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What term explains being an American Indian?
There is no single term to define what being a Native American is, nor could a set of terms define this. Being Native American is more about a spiritual understanding inside a set of complex rules that would (and does) take a lifetime to understand.
What is a native American name for turkey?
There are many hundreds of native American languages. Just a few of the many different words meaning turkey are:Lakota...............................zizicha or waglekshunArapaho.............................beescéneeCheyenne..........................ma'xe'neBlackfoot............................ómahksipi'kssPowhatan...........................monanaw, moninagh, monynawghAbenaki...............................nahamaMaliseet...............................nehmMohegan..............................náhamOjibwe..................................bagwaj'-miziseDelaware (Lenape).............tschikenum, gulukochsunShawnee.............................pellewaNavajo.................................tazhiiApache................................tazhiJicarilla.................................kazhiSanish (Arikara)...................nu'Sahaptin (Yakama)...............táki or kwilkwillaMohawk................................skawerowaneCherokee..............................gána
A sentence using the word native?
"Lucy is a native Hungarian because she was born there." "English is Tom's native language." "Rosie wanted to meet the native people of Australia." They are native to China.
