Named Groups

North American Indians

Members of indigenous North American populations with pre-colonial contact origins.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Members of indigenous North American populations with pre-colonial contact origins.

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Synonyms

12 entry terms
  • Amerinds, North American
  • Indians, North American
  • Indigenous North Americans
  • American Indian, North
  • American, Indigenous North
  • Amerind, North American
  • Indian, North American
  • Indigenous North American
  • North American Amerind
  • North American Amerinds
  • North American Indian
  • North American, Indigenous

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Aspects Covered

8 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, education, ethnology, genetics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, psychology, statistics & numerical data.

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specify geographic location if possible

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Tree Numbers

  1. M01w.270.968w.500.600w
  2. M01w.686.477w.250.600w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. North American Indians. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007198. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007198
  2. North American Indians. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_North_America
  3. North American Indians. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15571255