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Schoenbrunn Village State Memorial
(Encyclopedia) Schoenbrunn Village State MemorialSchoenbrunn Village State Memorialshānˈbrən, –br&oobreve;n [key], E Ohio, S of New Philadelphia; site of the first town in Ohio, est. 1772 by…Guanabacoa
(Encyclopedia) GuanabacoaGuanabacoagwänäbäkōˈä [key], municipality (1986 est. pop. 95,500), Ciudad de La Habana prov., W Cuba, a residential and commercial suburb of Havana. Numerous mineral springs…Whipple, Henry Benjamin
(Encyclopedia) Whipple, Henry Benjamin, 1822–1901, American Episcopal bishop, b. Adams, N.Y. He was ordained a priest in 1850, and in 1859 he was consecrated the first bishop of Minnesota. With James…Curtis, Edward Sheriff
(Encyclopedia) Curtis, Edward Sheriff, 1868–1952, American photographer and pioneer ethnographer known for his documentation of Native Americans, b. near Whitewater, Wis. Curtis was obsessed with…American Samoa
(Encyclopedia) American Samoa, officially Territory of American Samoa, unincorporated territory of the United States (2015 est. pop. 56,000), comprising the eastern half of the Samoa island chain in…Weiser, Conrad
(Encyclopedia) Weiser, ConradWeiser, Conradwīzˈər [key], 1696–1760, American pioneer, b. Württemberg, Germany. Arriving in America in 1710, his family settled in Livingston Manor, N.Y., and later at…Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe
(Encyclopedia) Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, 1793–1864, American ethnologist, b. near Albany, N.Y. He gave enormous impetus to the study of Native American culture and may be regarded as the foremost…Apalachee
(Encyclopedia) ApalacheeApalacheeăpˌəlăchˈē [key], tribe of Native North Americans once centered about Apalachee Bay, NW Florida, belonging to the Muskogean branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic…Americans Without Health Insurance by Characteristic, 2010 and 2013
The following table lists the percent of Americans without health insurance for 2010 and 2013 by characteristic, including age, race and ethnicity, nativity, and work status…Kateri Tekakwitha, Saint
(Encyclopedia) Kateri Tekakwitha, SaintKateri Tekakwitha, Saintgädälēˈ dĕkhäkhwēˈᵺschwa;, –dālēˈ dāgäkwēˈtä [key] or Saint Catherine Tekakwitha, 1656–80, Native American holy woman known as the Lily…Trending
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