One has to wonder why anyone still refers to the American Indian as "red". Beyond that Native American is just a politically correct (in some people's eyes) name for the American Indian.
Pre-adolescent and adolescent sunburnt native americans. Jeez Louise!
the fox tribe
the europeans called the native Americans red Indians because christopher Columbus headed to India and thought he could get there by going in another direction he hit south America and presumeed he was in India however he was wrong and ever since everyone called them red Indians because of when christopher thought they were red Indians until a few years ago when it was anounced that it is politically incorrect to call native Americans red Indians
He discovered America and found life of Native Americans. Thay were brown so he called them Red Indians.
Because Indians are known as red-skinned people.
"Red Indian" is an archaic term applied to Native Americans to distinguish them from Indians from the subcontinent of India. You can thank Chris Columbus for the confusion.
AnswerRed Indians are now known as Native American or American Indians. The origin of the term "Red Man" is not clear. Native Americans are known to have a copperish or brownish hue although some Native Americans can get sunburn and turn redish. Many tribes did paint themselves for war and red may have been the most popular color to indicate tribes intention for combat. Other sources say red refered to the bloody scalps of victims.
The difference between Indians and RED Indians is as follows. Indians are people who have their origin in the Indian sub continent. Red Indians refers to Native Americans. Columbus who wanted to discover India at the behest of the Queen of Spain (to get rich spices from India) took a wrong turn at the traffic light and ended up in North America. Here he saw the native Indians who had a reddish hue to their skin and he called them Red Indians (thinking he was in India).
There is NO SUCH THING AS RED INDIANS! this is extremely insulting to the different tribes of Native Canadians and Native Americans, these slang words to describe the peoples of North America must be stopped by educating the individuals who still use these terms. East Indians come from India hence the word "Indian" The skin colour of Native North Americans is brown and a little darker than Caucasians.
"Red Indian" is an archaic term applied to Native Americans to distinguish them from Indians from the subcontinent of India. You can thank Chris Columbus for the confusion.
Americans
Red Indians are not real "INDIANS". They are native Americans. People believe they are from Asia, and migrated to the US from present day Russia to present day Alaska, when the Bering strait between Russia and Alaska was not submerged in water.