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  1. Sioux Tribes (South Dakota)
      Also See Lakota above.

  2. Hopi of the Southwest U.S. (Carnegie Museum of Natural History)
      Examines the beliefs and life styles of four American Indian tribes of the United States, including the Hopi. "Though all of these peoples have chosen different pathways and strategies for making a life in their various environments, one similar concept is voiced by all--that a reciprocal connection exists between people and the rest of the world." 12-04

  3. Jackson, Mahalia (Southern Music Network)
      Provides a short background of the African American gospel singer. 12-00

  4. South America

  5. -Nations of Native Americans Q - T (NativeWeb)
      Includes Q'anjob'al, Quapaw, Quechua, Quileute, Quinault, S'Klallam, Sac, Sakha(Yakoutie), Salish, Salteaux, Sami, Santee, Saponi, Secwepemc, Seminole, Seneca, Shawnee, Shoshone, Shuswap, Siksika, Siletz, Sioux, South Asia, Stillaguamish, Stockbridge-Munsee, Sukuma, Suquamish, Swinomish, Tachi, Taino, Tainui, Tamil, Tarahumara (Raramuri), Taroko, Thins, Tigua, Tionontati, Tiwa, Tlingit, Tohono O'odham, Totonacs, Tsalagi, Tsimshian, Tsnungwe, Tuareg, Tulalip, Turkic, and Tuscarora.

  6. Scientist: Man May Have Settled North America 50,000 Years Ago (CNN News)
      "Archaeologists say a site in South Carolina may rewrite the history of how the Americas were settled by pushing back the date of human settlement thousands of years."

      "An archaeologist from the University of South Carolina on Wednesday announced radiocarbon tests that dated the first human settlement in North America to 50,000 years ago -- at least 25,000 years before other known human sites on the continent." 11-04

  7. South American Community of Nations (SACN) Formed (Wikipedia.org)
      "The South American Community of Nations (SACN) (Spanish: Comunidad Sudamericana de Naciones, Portuguese: Comunidade Sul-Americana de Nações) will be a continent-wide free trade zone that will unite two existing free-trade organizations — Mercosur and the Andean Community — eliminating tariffs for non-sensitive products in ten years and sensitive products in fifteen years." 12-04

  8. "Standard American" Dialect and Dialects (PBS.org)
      "Social scientists estimate the number of U.S. dialects range from a basic three - New England, Southern and Western/General America - to 24 or more . Some researchers go so far as to suggest it's actually impossible to count the number of dialects in the United States because under a loose definition of the term, thousands of cities, towns and groups have their own varieties or dialects." 3-05

  9. "Standard American" Dialect - Correct American (PBS.org)
      "Linguist Edward Finegan of the University of Southern California looks at the debate over 'correct' American by describing how the two main schools of thought about language - descriptivism and prescriptivism - differ:"

      "Descriptive grammarians ask the question, 'What is English (or another language) like? What are its forms and how do they function in various situations?' By contrast, prescriptive grammarians ask, 'What should English be like? What forms should people use and what functions should they serve?' " 3-05

  10. Ancient Native Americans (Viewzone)
      Provides a description of ancient Native American cultures of southwestern USA, such as the Anasazi, Mongollon and Hohokam.

  11. -08-11-05 South Korea Backs North on Nuclear Program (International Herald Tribune)
      "South Korea objected Thursday to a vital American stance in deadlocked nuclear disarmament talks on North Korea, saying that the North should be allowed to run a nuclear program so long as it is for peaceful use." 8-05

  12. -03-23-06 Climate Model Predicts Submerged Cities (Scientific American)
      "Now a refined climate model is predicting, among other things, sea level rises of as much as 20 feet, according to research results published today in the journal Science."

      "Such a sea level rise would permanently inundate low-lying lands like New Orleans, southern Florida, Bangladesh and the Netherlands. Already sea level rise has increased to an inch per decade, thanks to melting ice and warm water expansion, according to Overpeck."

      " 'We need to start serious measures to reduce greenhouse gases within the next decade," Overpeck says. 'If we don't do something soon, we're committed to [13 to 20 feet] of sea level rise in the future.' " 03-06

  13. -05-13-06 Newsweek Poll: Americans Wary of Domestic Spying (MSNBC News)
      "According to the Newsweek poll, 73 percent of Democrats and 26 percent of Republicans think the NSA’s program is overly intrusive. Details of the surveillance efforts were first reported on Wednesday by USA Today. The newspaper said the NSA has collected tens of millions of customer phone records from AT&T Inc., Verizon Communications Inc. and Bell-South Corp., in an effort to assemble a database of every call made within the United States. While the records include detailed information about when and where phone calls were made, the government isn’t listening in to the actual conversations, a U.S. intelligence official familiar with the program told the newspaper." 05-06

  14. Poll: Americans Divided on Gay Marriage (CBS News)
      "Regionally, same-sex marriage is most popular in the Northeast (44 percent support) - where Massachusetts and Connecticut have already established same-sex marriage as legal – and it is popular in the West (38 percent support). Same-sex marriage is far less popular in the Midwest (30 percent) and the South (25 percent)." 04-09

  15. -Water Crisis in South America (ThinkProgress.org)
      "This scene is repeating itself across the state, which is home to the seventh-largest metropolitan region in the world and responsible for a third of Brazil’s GDP. It is going through its worst drought in almost a century — the worst spring drought in history. During the last rainy season (October-February), São Paulo only received between a third and a half of its normal amount of rain. Since then it has only seen about 40 percent of the normal amount. The region is running dangerously low on water, with its reservoirs operating at under five percent capacity. The rainy season — which was supposed to start in late September or early October — is a month late, and no significant rains are predicted anytime soon. Some sources estimate the state, which is home to 44 million people, could run dry in less than 100 days."

      " 'If the drought continues, residents will face more dramatic water shortages in the short term,' Vicente Andreu, the president of Brazil’s National Water Agency, told reporters. 'If it doesn’t rain, we run the risk that the region will have a collapse like we’ve never seen before.' " 09-14

  16. -South Carolina Flag Is Voted Down (ABC News)
      "The South Carolina House has approved a bill to remove the Confederate flag from the statehouse grounds....." 07-15

  17. -South Carolina Flag Speech (CNN News)
      "When Jenny Horne stepped up to the podium to address South Carolina's House of Representatives, her first words let on that she was fed up. Just not how fed up."

      "Of the words stirred by passion in the debate that eventually led lawmakers to vote to remove the Confederate battle flag from the State House grounds, hers would burn themselves into memory." 07-15

  18. South America - Travel Information by Location (Excite.Travel.com)
      Provides information on dining, where to stay, and interesting things to see. Search by city, state, or country. Includes Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile and Easter Island, Colombia, Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela. 3-02

  19. 11-28-02 USA Losing Credibility in South America (World Press)
      "Chile’s president, Ricardo Lagos, said, 'Since the 1980s, all of our countries have followed the "Washington Consensus." We reformed our economies and balanced them, opened our markets to increase competition, we recognized that an efficient private sector and expansion was the principal motor to economic progress.' But while Latin America realized notable efforts to modernize and participate in globalization, said Lagos, today’s social and economic balance is far from positive. 'With each passing day, frustration shows on the face of our people on the continent. These political and economic changes haven’t advanced the wellbeing of the masses, inequality continues to grow. This unhealthy economic and social state threatens the legitimacy of the democracies on the continent.' ”

  20. South America (Wikibooks)
      Provides information by country. Designed for k-12 readers. 2-04

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