South-American Indians

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• South American Indian — ▪ people Introduction       member of any of the aboriginal peoples inhabiting the continent of South America.       The customs and social systems of South American peoples are closely and naturally related to the environments in which they live …   Universalium

• South American Indian languages — Introduction       group of languages that once covered and today still partially cover all of South America, the Antilles, and Central America to the south of a line from the Gulf of Honduras to the Nicoya Peninsula in Costa Rica. Estimates of… …   Universalium

• South American forest Indian — Introduction  indigenous inhabitants of the tropical forests of South America.       The tribal cultures of South America are so various that they cannot be adequately summarized in a brief space. The mosaic is baffling in its complexity: the… …   Universalium

• American Indians —     American Indians     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► American Indians     GENERAL     When Columbus landed on the island of San Salvador in 1492 he was welcomed by a brown skinned people whose physical appearance confirmed him in his opinion that… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• South American nomad — ▪ South American people Introduction  indigenous inhabitants of South America living as nomadic (nomadism) hunters (hunting and gathering culture), gatherers, and fishers.       In the past, South American nomads could be found from Cape Horn to… …   Universalium

• AMERICAN INDIANS —    a race with a red or copper coloured skin, coarse black straight hair, high cheek bones, black deep set eyes, and tall erect figure, limited to America, and seems for most part fast dying out; to be found still as far south as Patagonia, the… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• South America — South American. a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. 271,000,000; ab. 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km). * * * Continent, Western Hemisphere. The world s fourth largest continent, it is bounded by the Caribbean Sea to the… …   Universalium

• Handbook of North American Indians — The Handbook of North American Indians is a multi volume set of encyclopedias published by the Smithsonian Institution beginning in 1978. To date, thirteen volumes are published.This work documents information about all Indigenous peoples of the… …   Wikipedia

• American Indian Wars — An 1899 chromolithograph of US cavalry pursuing Native Americans, artist unknown Date 1622–192 …   Wikipedia

• American bison — B. b. bison Alternate image Historic drawing …   Wikipedia

• South Los Angeles — South Los Angeles, often abbreviated as South L.A., is the official name for a large geographic and cultural portion lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. The area was formerly called South Central Los Angeles …   Wikipedia