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He encountered Native Americans, he believed he had arrived at India so he called them indians.
Columbus first encountered the group of Indians called Taino or "noble ones."
Columbus wrote in his diary that the people he met would make good slaves. Right off he considered himself superior to the Native Americans he encountered. He saw them as heathen and the Europeans after him felt the same way. It was an attitude that came with the invaders.
Yes he did
Columbus was trying to get to India when he ran into North America. He thought that he had arrived in India, so he referred to the Native Americans as Indians. AND, we still refer to them as such.
He encountered Native Americans, he believed he had arrived at India so he called them indians.
He encountered Native Americans, he believed he had arrived at India so he called them indians.
The first Native Americans that Christopher Columbus encountered on his voyage to the Americas were the Lucayan people. The name Lucayan is the English version of their name for themselves - Lukku-Cairi, which means people of the islands.
Christopher Columbus might have viewed the people he encountered by asking the people where he was and if it was a shortcut to a continent!!
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The people Columbus encountered are known as the Tainos.
Columbus first encountered the group of Indians called Taino or "noble ones."
Columbus wrote in his diary that the people he met would make good slaves. Right off he considered himself superior to the Native Americans he encountered. He saw them as heathen and the Europeans after him felt the same way. It was an attitude that came with the invaders.
He was the first European to encounter the Native Americans of the Bahamas and brought with him disease, death, discrimination, and invasion.
The Native Americans
Yes he did
Columbus was trying to get to India when he ran into North America. He thought that he had arrived in India, so he referred to the Native Americans as Indians. AND, we still refer to them as such.