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Native Americans is a term which has several different common meanings and scope, according to regional use and context:
- Indigenous peoples of the Americas, natives of the American continents
- Native Americans in the United States, natives of the United States only; equivalent to American Indians in some contexts
- Alaska Natives, natives of the state of Alaska, including Eskimo-Aleut peoples (Inuit and Yupik Eskimo peoples, Aleuts), and Athabascan, Eyak, Haida, Tlingit and Tsimshian peoples
- Native Hawaiians, natives of the state of Hawaii
- Pacific Islander, including peoples in the U.S. Pacific Island dependencies (e.g. Chamorros, Marshallese), but also other Pacific nations
- Aboriginal peoples in Canada, including First Nations, Métis and Inuit
- First Nations, Canadian natives, sometimes referred to as "Indians" or "North American Indians"
- Indigenous peoples in Brazil, the povos indÃgenas of Brazil
- Indigenous peoples in Mexico
- Indigenous people of the Everglades region
- Native Americans in the United States, natives of the United States only; equivalent to American Indians in some contexts
Native American or American Indian?
A 1995 Bureau of Labor Statistics survey reported the following preferences among surveytakers who identified themselves as one or the other (or as related term):...
Native American Law Blog
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Another new addition to the 50+ legal blog Law Professor Blog Network has recently been introduced, the Native American Law Blog...
Blogosphere Welcome to Native American Law Blog
A welcome to blogging, and to the Law Prof network of blogging, is extended to the new Native American Law Blog. It is edited by Professors Timothy Pleasant and Deena DeGenova of Kaplan's Concord Law School, and already has several...
Change and Native American Policy?
Thanks to Kevin Maillard, Dan Filler, and their co-bloggers for inviting me to write for The Faculty Lounge. I was very pleased to learn that I would be guest blogging alongside my friend and former colleague, Jacqueline Lipton of the...
A Look at Native American Law Through a Michigan Novelist's Eyes
Matthew L. M. Fletcher, Michigan State University College of Law, has published "Laughing Whitefish: A Tale of Justice and Anishinaabe Custom," as MSU Legal Studies Research Paper 06-16...
Native American and Rural Economic Development
For those interested in economic development of Indian tribes or of Indian reservations, a new article highlights the ways in which tribes and rural communities face similar economic development challenges and that both should do more to take advantage of...
Can a creditor/collection agency call other employees at your place of work AND call your adult children who live in another state?
A creditor can call you at home, several times a day if you aren't answerin...
I married American citizen 2 years ago and have conditional permanent resident status. The marriage has not gone well and my husband has left. What effect will filing for divorce have on my application to have conditions
Many visas, etc., involving spouses must be applied for by both spouses (for exa...
I feel everyone should be treated equal in this world, but in a lot of cases that doesn't happen. I live in a white community with only 2 to 3 African American families. I belong to one of them. A week after getting into
I would call the courthouse and ask for the judges assistant, and ask them why t...
i am married to an american citizen and have 1 child 3 1/2 and onother on the way (february 2006)my question is if we divorce can i took my children with me in my country or the usa will oblige me to live the children he
both children require a passport to leave the usa if the cildren are natural bor...
Will the Uniting American Families Act pass soon now that Democrats control Congress?
The bill is sponsored by Democrats in both the House and Senate which gives it a...
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Can a creditor/collection agency call other employees at your place of work AND call your adult children who live in another state?
A creditor can call you at home, several times a day if you aren't answerin...
I married American citizen 2 years ago and have conditional permanent resident status. The marriage has not gone well and my husband has left. What effect will filing for divorce have on my application to have conditions
Many visas, etc., involving spouses must be applied for by both spouses (for exa...
I feel everyone should be treated equal in this world, but in a lot of cases that doesn't happen. I live in a white community with only 2 to 3 African American families. I belong to one of them. A week after getting into
I would call the courthouse and ask for the judges assistant, and ask them why t...
i am married to an american citizen and have 1 child 3 1/2 and onother on the way (february 2006)my question is if we divorce can i took my children with me in my country or the usa will oblige me to live the children he
both children require a passport to leave the usa if the cildren are natural bor...
Will the Uniting American Families Act pass soon now that Democrats control Congress?
The bill is sponsored by Democrats in both the House and Senate which gives it a...
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