There are many stories about how different peoples discovered the flute. A common character in these stories is the woodpecker, who put holes in hollow branches while searching for termites. The wind would blow around these branches, creating sounds that the people noticed and sought to recreate. The actual development of the flute probably did not follow this pattern. Theory that it was developed by the Ancient Pueblo Peoples based of ...

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Native American Studies is an academic discipline which studies the experience of people of Native American ancestory in America. Closely related to other Ethnic Studies disciplines such as African American Studies, Asian American Studies, and Latino/a Studies, Native American Studies critically examines the history, culture, politics, issues, and experiences of Native Americans. Drawing from numerous disciplines such as sociology, history, literature, political science, and gender studies, Native American Studies scholars consider a variety of perspec ...

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Native American Studies, Native American Studies - Introduction, Native American Studies - History, Native American Studies - Notable Scholars, Native American Studies - Major Programs/Departments

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The native cuisine of the Native Americans of the United States: American Indians of the Eastern Woodlands planted what was known as the "Three Sisters": corn, beans, and squash. In addition, a number of other domesticated crops were popular during some time periods in the Eastern Woodlands, including a local version of quinoa, a variety of amaranth, sumpweed/marsh elder, little barley, maygrass, and sunflower. Native American cuisine - Some Known Dishes. Corn bread See also:

Native American cuisine, Native American cuisine - Native American Cuisine of the United States, Native American cuisine - Some Known Dishes, Native American cuisine - Native American Cuisine of Meso-America, Native American cuisine - Some Known Dishes, Native American cuisine - Native American Cuisine of South America, Native American cuisine - Crops and ingredients, Native American cuisine - Bibliography

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Modern Native American flutes are generally tuned to a variation of the minor pentatonic scale (such as you would get playing the black keys on a piano), which gives the instrument its distinctive plaintive sound. Recently some makers have begun experimenting with different scales, giving players new melodic options. Also, modern flutes are generally tuned in concert keys (such as A or D) so that they can be easily played with other instruments. The root keys of modern Native American flutes span a range of about three and a half octaves, from C2 to A5. See also:

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Another important outgrowth of the 1978 Hawaiʻi State Constitutional Convention was the establishment of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, more popularly known as OHA. Delegates that included future Hawaiʻi political stars Benjamin J. Cayetano, John D. Waihee III and Jeremy Harris were compelled to create measures that would right alleged injustices imposed on native Hawaiians since the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. OHA was established as a trust, ...

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Native Hawaiians, Native Hawaiians - Native Hawaiian subgroups, Native Hawaiians - Population, Native Hawaiians - Language, Native Hawaiians - Education, Native Hawaiians - Culture & arts, Native Hawaiians - Celebrations, Native Hawaiians - History, Native Hawaiians - Hawaiiana revival, Native Hawaiians - Office of Hawaiian Affairs OHA, Native Hawaiians - Federal developments, Native Hawaiians - Native American Programs Act, Native Hawaiians - United States apology resolution, Native Hawaiians - Akaka Bill, Native Hawaiians - Notable native Hawaiians

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Native American folk is usually religious in nature, and is used to communicate spiritually with the heavens and to pray for good luck. Epic stories of heroes are also common. Native American religious beliefs hold that music was given to humans by spirits as a method of communicating with the supernatural. Song composition, then, is a highly ritualistic act. Choctaw Social Dance, for example, is not composed, having been given to the people at creation. They can vary slightly from year to year, with leaders recombining and introducing slight variations. The Pueblo compose a number of new songs each year in a ...

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Native American music, Native American music - Folk song, Native American music - Traditional music cultures, Native American music - History, Native American music - Southwest, Native American music - Eastern Woodlands, Native American music - Plains, Native American music - Great Basin, Native American music - Northwest Coast, Native American music - Arctic, Native American music - Pan-tribalism, Native American music - Native American flute, Native American music - Samples, Native American music - External link

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Pan-tribalism is the syncretic adoption of traditions from foreign communities. Since the rise of the United States and Canada, Native Americans have forged a common identity, and invented pan-tribal music, most famously including powwows, peyote songs and the Ghost Dance. The Ghost Dance spread throughout the Plains tribes in the 1890s, and most still survive in use. They are characterized by relaxed vocals and a narrow range. Apache-derived peyote songs, sacred prayers in the Native American Church, use a descending melody and monop ...

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Native American music, Native American music - Folk song, Native American music - Traditional music cultures, Native American music - History, Native American music - Southwest, Native American music - Eastern Woodlands, Native American music - Plains, Native American music - Great Basin, Native American music - Northwest Coast, Native American music - Arctic, Native American music - Pan-tribalism, Native American music - Native American flute, Native American music - Samples, Native American music - External link

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Note: There are many different languages and language families in India such as Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Urdu, Kannada, Marathi, Punjabi, and Tamil. Because of dominance by the British Empire for so long (See History of India) English is a commonly spoken language in India, especially in administration and as a Lingua Franca. Attempts at describing an "Indian" accent will naturally oversimplify variation that appears from one Indic language to another. Use of the present continuous/progressive ("-ing") rather than simple ...

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Non-native pronunciations of English, Non-native pronunciations of English - Afrikaans, Non-native pronunciations of English - Arabic, Non-native pronunciations of English - Bosnian Croatian and Serbian, Non-native pronunciations of English - Bulgarian, Non-native pronunciations of English - Cantonese Chinese, Non-native pronunciations of English - Czech, Non-native pronunciations of English - Dutch, Non-native pronunciations of English - Finnish, Non-native pronunciations of English - French, Non-native pronunciations of English - German, Non-native pronunciations of English - Greek, Non-native pronunciations of English - Hebrew, Non-native pronunciations of English - Hungarian, Non-native pronunciations of English - The Indian Subcontinent, Non-native pronunciations of English - Icelandic, Non-native pronunciations of English - Italian, Non-native pronunciations of English - Japanese, Non-native pronunciations of English - Korean, Non-native pronunciations of English - Latvian, Non-native pronunciations of English - Malay and Indonesian, Non-native pronunciations of English - Mandarin Chinese, Non-native pronunciations of English - Maori, Non-native pronunciations of English - Nigeria, Non-native pronunciations of English - Persian, Non-native pronunciations of English - Polish, Non-native pronunciations of English - Portuguese, Non-native pronunciations of English - Romanian, Non-native pronunciations of English - Russian, Non-native pronunciations of English - Spanish, Non-native pronunciations of English - Swahili, Non-native pronunciations of English - Swedish, Non-native pronunciations of English - Swiss German, Non-native pronunciations of English - Tagálog/Filipino, Non-native pronunciations of English - Thai, Non-native pronunciations of English - Turkish, Non-native pronunciations of English - Vietnamese

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The hundreds of tribes in North America can be divided into six areas: Eastern Woodlands, Southwest, Great Basin, Plains, Northwest Coast and Arctic. However, Nettl (1956, p.107-116) uses the following music areas which approximately coincide with Wissler, Kroeber, and Driver's cultural areas (population): Inuit-Northwest coast (275,000), Great Basin (30,000), California-Yuman (125,000), Plains-Pueblo (250,000), Athabascan (90,000), and Eastern (275,000). He associates greater geographic size and population with comple ...

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Native American music, Native American music - Folk song, Native American music - Traditional music cultures, Native American music - History, Native American music - Southwest, Native American music - Eastern Woodlands, Native American music - Plains, Native American music - Great Basin, Native American music - Northwest Coast, Native American music - Arctic, Native American music - Pan-tribalism, Native American music - Native American flute, Native American music - Samples, Native American music - External link

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The law was subsequently modified by the High Court's Wik Decision in 1996 and by further legislation (the Native Title Amendment Act) in 1998 which intended to grant better security of tenure to the holders of pastoral leases on potentially Aboriginal land. The concept of claiming land rights is independent of native title. In a land rights claim Indigenous Australians can seek a grant of title to land from the Commonwealth, state or territory governments. That grant may recognise traditional interest in the land, and protect those interests by giving ...

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Native title, Native title - Before Mabo, Native title - Mabo, Native title - Native Title Act 1993, Native title - Pastoral leases

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Maize, beans and squash were known as the three sisters for their symbiotic relationship when grown together by the North American and Meso-American natives. If the South Americans had similar methods of what is known as companion planting it is lost to us today. Crops Maize Throughout the Americas, probably domesticated in or near Mexico. Beans Throughout the Americas. Squash Throughout the Americas. Sweet potato Potato South American Tomato Kiwacha Ma ...

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Native American cuisine, Native American cuisine - Native American Cuisine of the United States, Native American cuisine - Some Known Dishes, Native American cuisine - Native American Cuisine of Meso-America, Native American cuisine - Some Known Dishes, Native American cuisine - Native American Cuisine of South America, Native American cuisine - Crops and ingredients, Native American cuisine - Bibliography

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The term Amerindian is a derivative of "American Indian" (as is "Amerind", though this term is more popular in linguistic circles), and is not necessarily completely synonymous with "Native American". Although all Amerindians are Native Americans, not all Native Americans are Amerindians. "Amerindian" relates to a mega-group of peoples spanning the Americas that are related in culture and genetics, and are quite distinct from the later arriving Eskimos (Inuit, Yupik, and Aleut peoples native to Alaska and the Canadian Arctic). The lat ...

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Native American name controversy, Native American name controversy - Indian, Native American name controversy - American, Native American name controversy - Native, Native American name controversy - Amerindian/Amerind, Native American name controversy - Indigenous, Native American name controversy - Aboriginal, Native American name controversy - Languages and cultures, Native American name controversy - Canada, Native American name controversy - Mexico, Native American name controversy - United States

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Indigenous is the current preferred term in some anthropological and linguistic circles. Although its spelling is similar to that of "Indian", the two words are not related. Indigenous is from Latin, indigena, meaning "a native". The Spanish and Portuguese word indígenas ("indigenes") is widely used to refer to native peoples in Latin American countries today. Canadian French uses autochtones for people as the ...

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Native American name controversy, Native American name controversy - Indian, Native American name controversy - American, Native American name controversy - Native, Native American name controversy - Amerindian/Amerind, Native American name controversy - Indigenous, Native American name controversy - Aboriginal, Native American name controversy - Languages and cultures, Native American name controversy - Canada, Native American name controversy - Mexico, Native American name controversy - United States

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When Christopher Columbus set sail across the Atlantic Ocean, he believed that he would arrive in the Indies. The purpose of his trip was to expand the spice trade by avoiding the lengthy trip around the Cape of Good Hope. Because of this, he referred to the native people that he found as Indians. The name has been used ever since to varying degrees, however, there are two major problems with this name: It is also the name of the peoples of a different continent. It is a name assigned by an outsider, and specific ...

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Native American name controversy, Native American name controversy - Indian, Native American name controversy - American, Native American name controversy - Native, Native American name controversy - Amerindian/Amerind, Native American name controversy - Indigenous, Native American name controversy - Aboriginal, Native American name controversy - Languages and cultures, Native American name controversy - Canada, Native American name controversy - Mexico, Native American name controversy - United States

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In JNI, native functions are implemented in a separate .c or .cpp file. (C++ provides a slightly cleaner interface with JNI.) When the JVM invokes the function, it passes a JNIEnv pointer, a jobject pointer, and any Java arguments declared by the Java method. A JNI function may looks like this: JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_ClassName_MethodName (JNIEnv *env, jobject obj) { //Implement Native Method Here } The env pointer is a structure that contains the interface to the JV ...

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The following table shows the mapping of types between Java and native code. Here, these types are interchangable. You can use jint where you normally use an int, and vice-versa, without any typecasting required. However, mapping between Java Strings and arrays to native strings and arrays is different. If you use a jstring in where a char * would be, your code could crash the JVM. /*********************************************** *NO!!! NO!!! NO!!! NO!!! NO!!! ...

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The term "Aboriginal" is another alternate form encountered in English-speaking regions of the world to refer to a people "having existed from the beginning." Its use is largely a product of arbitrary historical circumstance, and its meaning has been formalised in the statutory systems of a few countries where it has been employed. For example, the Canadian Constitution states: "'Aboriginal' in the context of this plan includes all Indian, Inuit, and Métis peoples of Canada" (Constitution Act, 1982, Sub ...

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Native American name controversy, Native American name controversy - Indian, Native American name controversy - American, Native American name controversy - Native, Native American name controversy - Amerindian/Amerind, Native American name controversy - Indigenous, Native American name controversy - Aboriginal, Native American name controversy - Languages and cultures, Native American name controversy - Canada, Native American name controversy - Mexico, Native American name controversy - United States

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One style, called Cla'shiha, is now gaining attention. The only known teachers of this system are William Banks and Stephen Alimonda, of Tampa, Florida. Little is known about this style but through the efforts of these two instructors legitimate training is becoming more available. Described, by Banks, as a system of "the immediate and complete dispatch of a physical threat" requiring "very minimal training time." As time goes by, hopefully this system will gain mainstream attention and the "lost" teac ...

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Native American fighting styles, Native American fighting styles - General styles, Native American fighting styles - Alaska Native, Native American fighting styles - Arctic, Native American fighting styles - West coast, Native American fighting styles - East Coast, Native American fighting styles - Eastern Woodlands, Native American fighting styles - Northwest Coast, Native American fighting styles - Plains - Prairies, Native American fighting styles - Southwest, Native American fighting styles - Mesoamerican

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Major Source: Ethnologue, 15th edition online Note 2: According to combined estimates from the CIA, Ethnologue, [1], and [2]. Note: Serbian, Croatian, Bosniak and Montenegrin together are sometimes referred as Serbocroatian and would have about 20 Million speakers. ...

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List of languages by number of native speakers, List of languages by number of native speakers - 100 million native speakers or more, List of languages by number of native speakers - 30–100 million native speakers, List of languages by number of native speakers - 10–30 million native speakers, List of languages by number of native speakers - 3–10 million native speakers, List of languages by number of native speakers - 1–3 million native speakers, List of languages by number of native speakers - Notes

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Native American pottery - North and Northeastern Cultures. Each of these main groups contained many tribes, each of which had adapted to their environments which were all slightly different. The four main groups were subdivided by the following geographic areas: The Pacific coast and mountains. Yukon. The Plains. Cree/Manitoba. Sioux. The St. Lawrence valley.Great Lakes. Iroquois. Maritime Provinces/St. Lawrence. The North-East Woodlands (broad region, encompassing the woods near th ...

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Native American pottery, Native American pottery - Pottery techniques, Native American pottery - Pottery traditions, Native American pottery - North American Pottery, Native American pottery - North and Northeastern Cultures, Native American pottery - Southeastern/Central Cultures, Native American pottery - Southwestern Cultures, Native American pottery - Central American Pottery, Native American pottery - South American Pottery, Native American pottery - Modern Native American pottery

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Many Pre-Columbian pottery traditions are well known to the general public and significant pieces are found in collections in most major museums. Among the most well known are pots found in the Anasazi ruins of the Southwest United States, pottery produced by a number of Pueblo peoples, also in the Southwest United States, and Mayan pottery found in southern Mexico, Guatemala and Belize. Less well known pottery traditions include the Casas Grandes region of Northern Mexico and the prehistoric pot ...

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Native American pottery, Native American pottery - Pottery techniques, Native American pottery - Pottery traditions, Native American pottery - North American Pottery, Native American pottery - North and Northeastern Cultures, Native American pottery - Southeastern/Central Cultures, Native American pottery - Southwestern Cultures, Native American pottery - Central American Pottery, Native American pottery - South American Pottery, Native American pottery - Modern Native American pottery

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