White Protestants
White protestants
White Protestants
White protestants
It was a term often used before the hyphenated term American-Indian or the term Native American became popular. A red Indian was a North American Native.
There were many different nations or tribes.
organised.
The words "Native American" came from two sources. First "Native" meaning those Native to the continent. Second, The Americas is a term used to describe the continents that originated from its use by Martin Waldseemüller a German cartographer who named it such in honor of Amerigo Vespucci an Italian Explorer. Those who lived there were called, generally, Native Americans (a much better term than "Indian" to those natives).
Natives
Wampum is the slang term used for money by the Native American people. Native Americans make up 1.5 percent of the total U.S. population.
Sabra (Hebrew: צבר‎) is a term used to describe a native-born Israeli Jew.
Persons that were already living in the Americas when European settlers arrived there.
The term "native American" was first used by the US government in the 1960s, as a direct response to the "Indian Rights Movement". It was intended to describe all the indigenous people of the New World. The term "Indian" had previously been used for many hundreds of years and this initially had no issues attached - but with the growing number of immigrants to the USA from India and consequent exposure to "genuine" Indian culture, another term had to be found. Many native groups continue to use the term "Indian" today and reject the term native American; many white Americans consider themselves to be native to the Americas, making its use even more problematic. There is no easy solution to this problem.