| LC control no. | sh 85065022 |
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| LC classification | E51 E99 |
| Topical heading | Indians |
| Variant(s) | Aborigines, American American aborigines American Indians Amerindians Amerinds Indians--Civilization Pre-Columbian Indians Precolumbian Indians |
| See also | headings beginning with the word Indian; and subdivision Indians under individual military services and wars, e.g. United States--Armed Forces--Indians; World War, 1939-1945--Indians Ethnology--America Indigenous peoples--America |
| Scope note | Here are entered works on the Indigenous peoples of the Western Hemisphere, including Eskimos. Works on citizens of India who are not currently residing in lndia are entered under East Indians. For convenience, the Western Hemisphere has been divided into five basic geographical regions: North America, Mexico, Central America, West Indies and South America. Works pertaining to Indian groups located within the confines of one of these regions are entered under Indians of the pertinent region, e.g. Indians of North America; Indians of Mexico. Names of Indian linguistic families are distinguished as such (and from the names of single languages or tribes) by the termination -an or -ian. |
| Subject example tracing | Note under East Indians; Indians of North America |
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