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In 2003, the museum merged with the Southwest Museum of the American Indian, giving the institution one of the great collections of Indigenous artifacts in the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2021

The rope was secured; then the Indian, giving the axe to Peter, told him to swim off with it to the log.

From The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco by Perat

In this way they went making us their little presents, another Indian giving me a very large root of chuchupate which he began to eat, telling me by signs that it was good.

From The Aboriginal Population of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California by Cook, Sherburne Friend

We immediately equipped four men with nets and lines, and sent them back with the Indian, giving them directions to report whether more persons could gain subsistence there.

From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by Franklin, John

“I did not expect that you would,” replied the Indian, giving a gentle turn to his oar in order to clear a mudbank, on which a number of alligators were basking comfortably.

From The Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)