Native american indian western 1. The native american church nac also known as peyotism and peyote religion is a native american religion that teaches a combination of traditional native american beliefs and christianity with sacramental use of the entheogen peyote. November is national american indian heritage month the library of congress national archives and records administration national endowment for the humanities national gallery of art national park service smithsonian institution and united states holocaust memorial museum join in paying tribute to the rich ancestry and traditions of native americans. Native american member of any of the aboriginal peoples of the western hemisphere although the term often connotes only those groups whose original territories were in present day canada and the united states. American indian also called indian native american indigenous american aboriginal american amerindian or amerind member of any of the aboriginal peoples of the western hemisphere.
Eskimos inuit and yupikyupiit and aleuts are often excluded from this category because their closest genetic and cultural relations were and are with other arctic peoples rather than with the groups to.