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Northern Marianas Islands Museum Picture of the NMI Museum of History and Culture. The NMI Museum of History and Culture, also known as the NMI Museum, is a museum in Garapan, Saipan hosting exhibitions about the Chamorro and Carolinian people and also displays artifacts, documents, textiles, and photographs from the Spanish, German, Japanese, and American periods in the Northern Mariana Islands.
The culture of North America refers to the arts and other manifestations of human activities and achievements from the continent of North America.Cultures of North America reflect not only that of the continent's indigenous peoples but those cultures that followed European colonisation as well.
The History of North America encompasses the past developments of people populating the continent of North America. While it was commonly accepted that the continent first became inhabited by humans when individuals migrated across the Bering Sea 40,000 to 17,000 years ago, [ 1 ] more recent discoveries may have pushed those estimates back at ...
René-Levasseur Island, world's largest artificial island [1] and 2nd largest inland island; Grand Lake on the Island of Newfoundland. Glover Island, world's 18th largest inland island; River islands of North America: Saint Lawrence River. Île de Montréal, most populous island of Canada; Niagara River. Grand Island; Navy Island; Goat Island ...
Turtle Island is a name for Earth [1] or North America, used by some American Indigenous peoples, as well as by some Indigenous rights activists. The name is based on a creation myth common to several indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands of North America.
In John Bowe's 2007 book Nobodies: Modern American Slave Labor and the Dark Side of the New Global Economy, he provides a focus on Saipan, exploring how its culture, isolation and American ties have made it a favorable environment for exploitative garment manufacturers and corrupt politicos. Bowe goes into detail about the island's factories ...
List of islands of Chile; List of islands of Colombia; List of islands of Ecuador; List of islands of the Falkland Islands; List of islands of French Guiana; List of islands of Guyana; List of islands of Paraguay; List of islands of Peru; List of islands of Suriname; List of islands of Uruguay; List of islands of Venezuela; South Georgia and ...
The island's culture is a blend of its African, French, British, Dutch, Amerindian, and Asian heritage. Although each side's culture is influenced by their respective administering countries, they share enough similar heritage and traditions that it can be difficult to tell where Saint-Martin ends and Sint Maarten begins.