Search results for "Native American music" - New World Encyclopedia
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- athlete Jesse Owens, became a popular American hero for both black and ... of slaves and one quarter Cherokee Native American. His father, Barry ...15 KB (2,326 words) - 06:38, 5 April 2024
- Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885 – January 10, 1951) was an American ... for his satirical portrayals of American cultural manners and mores ...15 KB (2,252 words) - 22:29, 29 January 2023
- 12, 2000) was a twentieth century American cartoonist best known worldwide ... Boy Scouts of America, for his service to American youth. ...16 KB (2,455 words) - 00:33, 5 December 2023
- Dead is widely observed in other Latin American countries as well including ... Observance of the holiday has spread to Mexican-American communities ...19 KB (2,926 words) - 08:42, 28 January 2024
- The city was destroyed on September 11, 1541, by native forces under ... were erected with the help of the native Picunche Indians. The southern ...25 KB (3,606 words) - 18:44, 25 January 2024
- 11, 1848) was a nineteenth century American artist whose works initiated ... of the painter and president of the American Academy of Fine Arts John ...18 KB (2,643 words) - 21:34, 7 September 2023
- preservation. In 1933, William Barrow, an American chemist, pointed out the ... later studies, Barrow tested paper from American books made between 1900 ...34 KB (4,751 words) - 00:35, 12 April 2023
- entertainment that appeared after the American Civil War in the United ... of variety entertainment, while saloons, music-halls, and burlesque houses ...25 KB (3,760 words) - 14:43, 3 May 2023
- created quality movies that embodied American ideals for more than four ... Bess (1959), bringing together African-American actors Sidney Poitier, Dorothy ...17 KB (2,437 words) - 01:16, 21 April 2023
- the Two-Spirit people of some indigenous American peoples, and hijras of India ... In western music theory, keys, chords, and scales are often described ...24 KB (3,629 words) - 06:41, 18 April 2024
- It is important to clarify the relationship between American literary ... Many of the American naturalists, especially Norris and London, were ...18 KB (2,651 words) - 04:21, 11 March 2023
- bandoneón are related; the harmonium and American reed organ are in the same ... Mexico and Panama) it is used in popular music (for example Gaucho, Forró ...52 KB (7,685 words) - 01:50, 27 February 2024
- Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American ... half-dozen contributors to the Great American Songbook. ...27 KB (4,506 words) - 22:29, 7 January 2024
- República Dominicana) is a Latin American country that occupies the ... Like many Latin American nations, the Dominican Republic has a long ...37 KB (5,424 words) - 09:27, 15 January 2023
- influxes of African, Asian, and Latin American immigrants have joined the ... tinted water or somewhat clouded water. Native Americans demonstrated the ...43 KB (5,978 words) - 15:33, 12 June 2024
- 10, 1914 – September 22, 1996) was an American actress and singer. Lamour ... the role of "Ulah," a jungle native who wore an Edith Head-designed ...28 KB (4,290 words) - 17:28, 30 January 2024
- that the name refers to volunteers for the Mexican-American War ... The State joined the Confederate States of America during the American ...47 KB (6,620 words) - 03:00, 19 April 2023
- The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), located in Manhattan ... who signed a bill officially creating the American Museum of Natural History ...26 KB (3,976 words) - 06:38, 25 July 2023
- built that followed those of the ancient Native American system and the city ... asthma, and tuberculosis, in 2005 the American Lung Association gave Maricopa ...30 KB (4,458 words) - 22:43, 28 March 2023
- left behind by the U.S. military. A native post-war political movement ... Traditional Melanesian music includes both group and solo vocals, ...22 KB (3,109 words) - 18:56, 8 June 2024
