How to Use Native American in a Sentence

Native American

noun
  • The scalp of a male Native American could fetch two and a half times this amount.
    — Christoph Strobel, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The patient just needed to be Native American, or at least enrolled as such.
    — Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 7 June 2024
  • The seal is composed of a Native American holding a bow in one hand and an arrow in the other.
    — Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
  • This is the seal that is composed of a Native American holding a bow in one hand and an arrow in the other.
    — Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Zahn happens to be a Native American with the same moral code of anybody good who’s a family man.
    — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Gladstone would be the first Native American to win the lead actress Oscar.
    — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2024
  • In front of one stands a stereotypical statue of a stoic Native American.
    — Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Roughly 1,372 of those miles cut through Native American Tribes’ land.
    — Kit Bernardi, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Haaland is the first Native American to serve as a cabinet secretary.
    — Vivian La, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2023
  • That law, passed in 1989, deemed most Native American remains to be property of the state.
    — Logan Jaffe, ProPublica, 5 Aug. 2023
  • For Sams, the first Native American to lead the agency, the partnership is personal.
    — Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The Native American Squanto also taught the settlers how to form an alliance with the local Wampanoag tribe.
    — Pia Lauritzen, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
  • Her father, who was part Native American, left the family for Oklahoma when Bessie was young.
    — Victor Luckerson, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2025
  • Pocahontas was the first Native American to be honored with a postage stamp (1907).
    — Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Canyon, founded in 1972, has had logos that included a Native American brave in a circle.
    — Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Joss appeared in a recurring role as the leader of the fictional Native American Wamapoke Tribe.
    — Charna Flam, People.com, 3 June 2025
  • To be Native American is less an identity to be claimed and proclaimed than to be tried on, furtively, after much Internet research.
    — Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Lily Gladstone is the first Native American to earn an Oscar nomination for lead actress.
    — Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Supporters say the change acknowledges harm caused by the excavation and display of Native American remains.
    — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 12 May 2026
  • Star School, which has been serving the community for over 20 years, has a student body that is 99% Native American.
    — Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 19 Nov. 2024
  • The current flag, which features a Native American beneath a colonial sword, has drawn criticism for years from Native groups and lawmakers.
    — Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
  • About 95% of Algodones’ students are Native American, and the school strives to affirm their identity.
    — Cheyanne Mumphrey, Sharon Lurye, and Morgan Lee, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Robinson is a Native American whose religious beliefs arise out of the traditions of the Narragansett tribe, the lawsuit says.
    — Katie Mulvaney, The Providence Journal, 13 Feb. 2026
  • This classic Louisiana dish has both Native American and Creole-French roots.
    — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 9 Nov. 2025
  • According to the sheriff’s report, numerous Native American remains have been discovered in the area over the past 50 years.
    — Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025
  • Haaland, who served in the Biden administration, was the first Native American to lead a Cabinet agency.
    — Ivana Saric, Axios, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Her mother, who is Native American and a member of the Gila River tribe, struggled with drug-and-alcohol addiction.
    — Shoshana Walter, New York Times, 29 June 2023
  • The sculpture — depicting a Native American on horseback, arms outstretched, face to the sky — remained in Boston, where Dallin had settled and spent much of his life.
    — Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 10 May 2024
  • Lily Gladstone is considered a favorite in that category to become the first Native American to win an Oscar for acting.
    — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Dig into old-fashioned sweet treats like cream filberts and Native American choke cherry drops at True Treats Historic Candy.
    — Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2026

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