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Igbo people prior to the American Civil War were brought to the United States by force from their hinterland homes on the Bight of Biafra and shipped by Europeans to North America between the 17th and 19th centuries. Identified Igbo slaves were often described by the ethnonyms Ibo and Ebo(e), a colonial American rendering of Igbo. Some Igbo ...
A map of California tribal groups and languages at the time of European contact. The Indigenous peoples of California are the Indigenous inhabitants who have previously lived or currently live within the current boundaries of California before and after the arrival of Europeans.
Winnemem Wintu chief Caleen Sisk in 2009 A representation of a Pomo dancer, painting by Grace Hudson. Indigenous peoples of California, commonly known as Indigenous Californians or Native Californians, are a diverse group of nations and peoples that are indigenous to the geographic area within the current boundaries of California before and after European colonization.
Many places throughout the U.S. state of California take their names from the languages of the indigenous Native American/American Indian tribes. The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions whose names are derived from these indigenous languages.
Speakers Location(s) Igbo: Ibo: Ịka: Agbor (standard form); southern and eastern varieties are more similar to Igbo:
The San Francisco Bay Area has the second-largest Indian-American population in the United States after the New York metropolitan area. [1] The Bay Area Asian Indian population is primarily concentrated in the Santa Clara Valley, with San Jose having the highest population of Asian Indians in raw numbers as 2010, while Cupertino, Dublin, Fremont, Pleasanton and San Ramon have the largest ...
Greater Los Angeles has the second-largest Indian American population in California, following the San Francisco Bay Area.As of 2015, there are 153,000 Indian Americans in greater Los Angeles [1] and Indian Americans make up the fifth-largest Asian ancestry group in the metropolitan area [2] Indian immigrants started to move to the suburbs areas of Southern California after the passage of the ...
Serrano language is part of the Takic subset of the large Uto-Aztecan languages group of Indigenous people of North America.The language family historically extended from Mexico along the West Coast and into the Great Basin, with representation among tribes in Mesoamerica.