	Site Map \| FAQ in Daily Almanac for Nov 12, 2009 Search White Pages
Skip Navigation Home American Indian Heritage Month Atlas Encyclopedia Dictionary Thesaurus Features Quizzes Timelines Countries Slideshows

Fact Monster Kid's reference,
games, quizzes

Editor's Favorites

Natives, South American

Natives, South American, aboriginal peoples of South America. In the land mass extending from the Isthmus of Panama to Tierra del Fuego, Native American civilizations developed long before the coming of the European. It is estimated that about 30 million Native Americans lived in South America at the time Europeans arrived. Today the Native Americans of South America remain a major determinant in the social, political, economic, and cultural life of the various nations.

Sections in this article:

The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.

More on South American Natives from Infoplease:

South American Natives: Exploitation - Exploitation Since colonial days Native Americans have been used extensively as agricultural and ...
South American Natives: Bibliography - Bibliography See J. H. Seward, ed., Handbook of South American Indians (7 vol., 1946–59, ...
South American Natives: Early Cultures - Early Cultures Archaeological studies have shed light on the early cultures of the rugged Andean ...
South American Natives: Surviving Groups - Surviving Groups The few remaining Native Americans of Venezuela, the Guianas, and Brazil N of the ...
mythology: Recurrent Themes - Recurrent Themes Studies of the myths of North and South American natives, Australian aborigines, ...

See more Encyclopedia articles on: South American Indigenous Peoples

Premium Partner Content

HighBeam Research

Related content from HighBeam Research on: South American Natives

Native Americans keeping the past alive. (Weekly Reader, Edition 2 (including Science Spin))

Celebrating Native American Heritage and Culture. (Baptist History and Heritage)

Expanding the native talent pool; Native American Group Promotes Awareness, Training.(Special) (TelevisionWeek)

Native women have lower status. (Native American Report)

Images of urban Native Americans: The border zones of mixed identities (Journal of American Culture)

Native American healing practices and counseling. (Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education and Development)

Native Americans weren't very kind to the environment (Human Events)

THE NATIVE-FIGHTER POLITICIAN (Journal of Political and Military Sociology)

Natives turn out in record numbers on election day. (Native American Report)

I am native American: November is National American Indian heritage month. (Weekly Reader, Edition 2 (including Science Spin))

Additional search results provided by HighBeam Research, LLC. © Copyright 2005. All rights reserved.

Infoplease Tools