1. Native American - Noun
2. Native American - Adjective
any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived
of or pertaining to Native Americans or their culture or languages
Source: WordNetSpeed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards. There is a sense of getting somewhere fast, which satisfies a native American urge. James Thurber
It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress. Mark Twain
I have good genes. My father is Danish and my mother is Irish and Native American. They both have good skin. Virginia Madsen
In more recent years, I've become more and more fascinated with the indigenous folklore of this land, Native American folklore, and also Hispanic folklore now that I live in the Southwest. Terri Windling
Sixty percent of all Indians live in urban areas, but nobody's writing about them. They're really an underrepresented population, and the ironic thing is very, very few of those we call Native American writers actually grew up on reservations, and yet most of their work is about reservations. Sherman Alexie
Some Native American writers enjoy being called Native American writers. Toni Morrison