Amerindian
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1. Amerindian - Noun
2. Amerindian - Adjective
Meaning
any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived
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About 60% of the population speak Spanish, with nearly all the rest speaking Amerindian languages (there are 23 officially recognized Amerindian languages citation ).
After half a century of rural-to-urban migration, in Mexico City and other major cities large districts and sections use both written and spoken Amerindian languages.
According to the Ecuadorian musicologist Segundo Luis Moreno, Sanjuanito was danced by Amerindian people during San Juan Bautista's birthday.
Although Andean Amerindian peoples crafted ceremonial jewelry of gold and other metals the mineralizations of the Andes were first mined in large scale after the Spanish arrival.
During his address to mark the launch of Amerindian Heritage Month 2020, President Ali made it clear that all the benefits that were aimed at empowering indigenous communities which were “heartlessly snatched away” will be restored.
Amerindian settlement of Barbados dates to about the 4th to 7th centuries AD, by a group known as the Saladoid-Barrancoid.