American Indian, Indian, North American Indian, Red Indian - a member of the race of people living in North America when Europeans arrived

Apache - any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico); fought a losing battle from 1861 to 1886 with the United States and were resettled in Oklahoma

Chipewyan - a member of the Athapaskan people living in western Canada between Great Slave Lake and Hudson Bay

Hupa - a member of the Athapaskan people of the Trinity River valley in California

Mattole - a member of the Athapaskan people living in northwestern California

Navaho, Navajo - a member of an Athapaskan people that migrated to Arizona and New Mexico and Utah

American-Indian language, Amerind, Amerindian language, American Indian, Indian - any of the languages spoken by Amerindians

Apache - the language of the Apache people

Navaho, Navajo - the Athapaskan language spoken by the Navaho people

Hupa - the Athapaskan language spoken by the Hupa people

Mattole - the Athapaskan language spoken by the Mattole people

Chippewaian, Chippewyan, Chipewyan - the language spoken by the Chipewyan people

U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776