Natives of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on the island of Bequia have a quota from the International Whaling Commission of up to four humpback whales per year using traditional hunting methods and equipment.

* May 31 – First Battle of Acentejo: Natives of the island of Tenerife, known as Guanches, defeat the invading Spanish forces.

The Pribilofs, named after the Russian navigator, Gavriil Pribylov, were discovered in 1786 by Russian fur traders ; no Alaska Natives are known to have lived on the island prior to this point.

Natives stress both syllables when pronouncing the name ; it does not rhyme with " island.

They ceded the island to the British Crown in 1836 ; the government set aside the land as a refuge for Natives.

Each year the Natives would practically pick up their houses and move on, leading the Spanish and Hudson's Bay Company explorers to believe the island was uninhabited.

The terms of the sale were a swap: the settlers could have the island in exchange for forty fathoms of white peage, twenty hoes, ten coats for the resident Natives and five more fathoms of wampum for the local sachem.

The island is composed mainly of Tsimshian natives and is a cultural crossroads for Tlingit and Haida Natives as well.

After a huge battle with Megapedes and Scorpiopedes through a seemingly abandoned village, Jack and Ann are captured by the island Natives.

Natives of Ramsar speak the Gilaki language which is a member of Iranian languages.

Natives often speak with varying degrees of the Brooklyn-esque accent, ranging from a slight intonation to what is considered full Yat.

The Commanding Officer thanked them, let them know that we had everything we wanted, that we could defend it against all the Indians in the Woods, that we had three large Armys marching to Chastise those Indians that had struck us, told them to take care of their Women and Children, but not to tell any other Natives, they said they would go and speak to their Chiefs and come and tell us what they said, they returned and said they would hold fast of the Chain of friendship.

He believed that the Natives were disadvantaged by being unable to speak and write English and that if they had the knowledge, they may have been able to protect themselves.

Alaska Natives were upset that the pipeline would cross the land traditionally claimed by a variety of native groups, but no economic benefits would accrue to them directly.

Laurence painted a variety of Alaskan scenes in his long and prolific career, among them sailing ships and steamships in Alaskan waters, totem poles in Southeast Alaska, dramatic headlands and the quiet coves and streams of Cook Inlet, cabins and caches under the northern lights, and Alaska Natives, miners, and trappers engaged in their often solitary lives in the northern wilderness.

In a notable use of a similar strategem at the Siege of Detroit during the Anglo-American War of 1812, the British Major General Isaac Brock and the Native American chief Tecumseh used a variety of tricks, including letters which exaggerated the size of their own forces and marching a body of Natives past American observers several times, to fool the American Brigadier General William Hull into thinking that he faced overwhelming numbers of British regular troops and hordes of uncontrollable Indians.

It is later revealed that Miek and the other Imperials and Natives from Sakaar that came with Hulk back in World War Hulk had settled in the Savage Land constructing a village called New Imperia.

Natives of the department are called Isariens.

Four miles to the north people also settled near what is now called Juanita Bay, a favored campsite of the Natives because a wild potato, " wapatos ", thrived there.

English colonists first settled on present-day Aquidneck Island in 1638 in the region called by the Natives " Pocasset " ( meaning " where the stream widens "), the northern part of Portsmouth.

Once there, Ender agrees to help Virlomi quell an uprising by a group called ' The Natives of Ganges ', which is led by an angry young man named Randall Firth under the delusion that he is the son of Achilles de Flandres.

Natives who have adopted European languages and characteristic Western customs are called acculturated or Westernized.

Deprived of Canopus's resources and a steady stream of a substance called SOWF ( substance-of-we-feeling ), the Natives develop a " Degenerative Disease " that puts the goals of the individual ahead of those of the community.

Natives called it " a river which scolds all others ".

The Natives called it Pemadashdakota or " lake of the burning plains ".

Natives found that by heating a certain stone called silcrete they could chip it away and create more sophisticated knives, axes, and other weapons.

The Natives ( Urban Areas ) Act, 1923 deemed urban areas in South Africa as " white " and required all black African men in cities and towns to carry permits called " passes " at all times.

Natives, who believed the stone came from the sea, called the gem Blue Stone.

Many of the indigenous villages were governed under a system called the Republica de Naturales ( Republic of Natives ), which gave a certain amount of autonomy.

: These Topasses have no Forts, but depend on their Alliance with the Natives: And indeed they are already so mixt, that it is hard to distinguish whether they are Portugueze or Indians.

( Note: the population figures are estimates by historians ; they do not include the native tribes outside the jurisdiction of the colonies ; they do include Natives living under colonial control, as well as slaves and indentured servants.

It is probable, that this Settlement miscarry'd for want of timely Supplies from England ; or thro ' the Treachery of the Natives, for we may reasonably suppose that the English were forced to cohabit with them, for Relief and Conversation ; and that in process of Time, they conform'd themselves to the Manners of their Indian Relations.

It is probable, that this Settlement miscarry'd for want of timely Supplies from England ; or thro ' the Treachery of the Natives, for we may reasonably suppose that the English were forced to cohabit with them, for Relief and Conversation ; and that in process of Time, they conform'd themselves to the Manners of their Indian Relations.

Chief Nikolai and his band of Athabaskan Natives had a summer camp at Dan Creek, 15 miles east of McCarthy, where they collected copper nuggets from Dan Creek.

The Algonquian-speaking Mascoutin were driven out of Michigan in approx 1642 by French and Natives, and they were believed to have been absorbed into the Meskwaki ( Fox ) and Sac tribes by the early 18th century.

On entering the valley they found Sam Lockhart, who had returned before them and was besieged by Natives in a rock fortification which he had hastily constructed as his only means of cover.

As for the languages of Gambia, they are so many and so different, that the Natives, on either Side of the River, cannot understand each other .… he safest Way is to trade with the different Nations, on either Side of the River, and having some of every Sort on board, there will be no more Likelihood of their succeeding in a Plot, than of finishing the Tower of Babel.

The 1927 Royal Commission on Confiscated Land, chaired by senior Supreme Court judge Sir William Sim, concluded: " The Natives were treated as rebels and war declared against them before they had engaged in rebellion of any kind ...

Sheaffe had ordered a company of the Glengarry Light Infantry to support the Natives, but they became lost in the outskirts of the town, having been misdirected by Major-General Æneas Shaw, the Adjutant General of the Canadian Militia, who took some of the militia north onto Dundas Street to prevent any wide American outflanking move.

On June 13, Church reported they were destroying the crops of the Acadians and the Acadians and Natives fired upon Church ’ s troops and a three hour exchange ensued.

Encomenderos became familiar with Native lands ; they were positioned to take control of land belonging to the Natives under their trusteeship through legal or extralegal means, when the opportunity arose.

Big Bear initially attempted to make alliances with other Natives, so that when the treaties were signed, they could all take their reserve land next to each other, effectively creating a First Nations country within Canadian borders.

When the Canadian government heard of this plan, they immediately disallowed it, even though the treaties had previously stated that the Natives could take the reserve land wherever they wished.

They remained until 1791 when forced by local Native-American unrest, they relocated to Canada ; but in 1804, some of the Christian-converted Natives, under the direction of G. S.

Natives placed him in such an esteemed position they were willing to show him some of their sacred writings that had been transcribed on deerskin books.

The information she conveyed to FitzGibbon confirmed what Natives had reported since they first observed the American column near St. David's.

As they approached Ten Mile Creek, they became aware of Natives closing in on their flanks and rear, but Boerstler did not change his plans.

By American accounts, they put the Mohawks to flight and fought their way out of the woods into open fields where they could use their artillery and the Natives were not at such an advantage, although this account is not supported by other witnesses.