Raider Nation refers to the passionate fans of the Oakland Raiders, known for dressing in black and silver, partying excessively, and traveling across the country to see their team play. The team has the best-selling logo products in the NFL, but some logos are associated with gang membership. Raider Nation may have originated with the […]
Greece is the largest importer of conventional arms in the EU, including fighter planes, submarines, and rockets. Greece has the highest military spending as a percentage of GDP in Europe. The US is the largest exporter of weapons. Greece is the largest importer of conventional arms into the European Union. Conventional weapons are weapons that […]
China uses more cement and accounts for half of the world’s demand for iron ore, coal, and pigs, despite having less than 10% of the global economy. Cement is an ingredient in concrete, which has been used in construction since the Roman Empire. China produces half of the world’s cement. China uses more cement than […]
The Nation of Islam is a religious and social group founded in 1930. It aims to better the lives of African Americans in spiritual, financial, and social aspects. The group believes in Allah and the Holy Quran, but is criticized for not following orthodox Islamic teachings on equality. The organization promotes independence and self-reliance for […]
Greece has the highest cigarette consumption per capita, with the average citizen smoking around 3,000 cigarettes a year. Other high-smoking countries include Ukraine, Slovenia, and Russia. Tobacco-related deaths in the EU are decreasing, but increasing in former USSR countries. China consumes one-third of the world’s cigarettes, but the average consumption per citizen is lower than […]
A debtor nation has more money flowing out than in, resulting in a negative balance of payments (BOP) due to trade deficits, limited foreign investment, or overinvestment in foreign companies. The BOP is subdivided into a financial, current, and capital account, with a net outflow of the current account value characterizing a debtor nation. A […]
The Citizen Potawatomi Nation is a Native American tribe in Oklahoma with nearly 27,000 registered members. They operate businesses such as housing, truck stops, and casinos, and own a museum and cultural heritage center. The tribe hosts an annual Family Reunion Festival and their traditional language is Algonquian. Before their forced removal, they farmed and […]
The Chickasaw Nation is a Native American tribe recognized by the US government, formed after their removal from their original homes in the 1830s. They were historically located in the Deep South and are closely related to the Choctaw tribe. After being subject to assimilation attempts, they were relocated to Indian Territory and formed the […]
The Oneida Nation is part of the Iroquois Confederacy and has three clans: Bear, Tortoise, and Wolf. Their seal features a white pine tree and a red background. They lived in longhouses and traded with Europeans. There are conflicting accounts of their role in the Revolutionary War, but they signed the Treaty of Canandaigua in […]
The Cherokee Indian Nation is a large Native American tribe based in Oklahoma, made up of Cherokee people, African-American slaves, and the Natchez people. They have a democratic government with autonomous authority and determine citizenship through the 1893 Dawes Rolls. The government has a three-branch system and has faced political crises in the past. The […]
The Choctaw Nation is a Native American group in Oklahoma with 12 tribal districts and a population of 250,000. It has a three-branch government and a four-judge judicial system. The Choctaw are descendants of the Hopewellians and were targeted for removal from their lands after supporting the American Revolution. They joined the Confederacy during the […]
The Tohono O’odham Nation is a Native American tribe with over 28,000 registered members living in the Sonoran Desert in Arizona and Mexico. They speak Uto-Aztec and have the second largest reservation in the US. The tribe is governed by a democratically elected president and council and operates its own education system, fire department, health […]
The Cheyenne Nation is a Native American group with two distinct bands living in Montana and Oklahoma. They speak a derivative of the Algonquian language and descended from the Great Lakes region. They united in the 1800s and adopted the ways of the Plains Indian tribes. They were central to the Native American War and […]
The Mohawk Nation is a Native American tribe from upstate New York. They were part of the Iroquois Confederacy, the oldest constitutional democracy in the world. Mohawk women played a significant role in tribal government. The Mohawks were farmers, fishermen, and hunters who lived in large settlements. During the American Revolution, some Mohawks fought with […]
The Seneca Nation is a Native American tribe in the Iroquois Confederacy with 7,200 members and three territories in western New York. They were traditionally agricultural and lived in longhouses, with property belonging to women. The nation has a constitution and government branches, and owns several casinos and a tourism industry. The Seneca Nation is […]
The Osage Nation is a Native American tribe with approximately 10,000 enrolled members, mainly residing in Oklahoma where they own casinos and businesses. They originated in Kentucky and were once a powerful tribe. They have had conflicts with other tribes and made treaties with the United States, retaining mineral rights to their reservation lands. The […]
The Onondaga Nation is a Native American tribe within the Iroquois Confederacy, with ancestral lands in central New York. They maintain their national identity through owning land and operating as a sovereign nation. The confederacy was formed by the Peacemaker and Hiawatha, uniting five different tribes. Traditional dress and agricultural practices, such as the planting […]
The Apache Nation is a group of Native Americans who have lived in the southwestern United States since the 16th century. They were nomadic people who survived mainly by hunting buffalo until they interacted with the Pueblo Indians who taught them how to farm and use horses. The Apaches were known to be fierce warriors […]
The Comanche Nation formed in the early 1700s when a faction of the Shoshone tribe acquired horses and migrated south. They ruled the southern Great Plains and were eventually forced onto reservations. Today, the Comanche Nation is headquartered in Lawton, Oklahoma, and operates businesses such as casinos and Comanche Nation College. The Comanche Nation is […]
The Lakota Nation is a Native American tribe and one of three groups that make up the Great Sioux Nation. They have their own government and constitution, and most subgroups and reservations follow a similar tribal council structure. However, life on the reservation can be a struggle due to extreme poverty, high unemployment rates, and […]
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