Native Americans are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States, including parts of Alaska. They comprise a large number of distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which are still enduring as political communities. There is controversy surrounding the names used: they are also known as American Indians, Indians, Amerindians, Amerinds, or Indigenous, Aboriginal or Original Americans. In Canada they are known as First Nations peoples. The U.S. and several of the inhabited insular areas that are not part of the continental U.S. also contain indigenous groups. Some of these other indigenous peoples in the United States, including Alaska Native groups such as the Inupiaq, Yupik Eskimos, and Aleuts, are not always counted as Native Americans, although Census 2000 demographics listed 'American Indian and Alaskan Native' collectively. Native Hawaiians (also known as Kanaka Moli and Kanaka Oiwi) and various other Pacific Islander American peoples such as the Chamorros can also be considered Native American, but it is not common usually due to their different historical origin (i.e. Polynesian).
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Heritage refers to something which is inherited from one's ancestors. It has several different senses, including: Cultural heritage, a nation's historic monuments, museum collections, etc. Natural heritage, a nation's fauna and flora, natural resources, and landscape Tradition, customs and practices inherited from ancestors Virtual Heritage, an ICT work dealing with cultural heritage Inheritance of physical goods after the death of an individual Biological inheritance of physical characteristics Birthright, something inherited due to the place, time, or circumstances of someone's birth Industrial Heritage, the monuments from the industrial culture It is also: Heritage (Doctor Who), a novel in the BBC Books series The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank located in Washington, D.C. Heritage Guitars, a boutique guitar manufacturer, separated from Gibson Heritage New Hampshire, a museum companion to the New Hampshire theme park Story Land Heritage Records (Australia), a 1960s Australian record label The Heritage, a golf event The Heritage at Millennium Park, a skyscraper in Chicago
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