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Columbus came up with this misrepresentation of Native Americans when he discovered the Bahamas.

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What are you called if you are from India?

If you are from India you are called Indian.


What are citizens of India called?

The citizens of India are called as Indians.


What does people from India called?

indians


What country did the Indians originate from?

India that's why they're called Indians


How did Indians come to be called Indians?

When Christopher Columbus landed in America he thought he was in India so he called the people Indians.


What would people from India be called?

Indians


Who are the people behind India?

They are called Indians.


How you call the India citizens?

India citizens are 'Indians'. But since the aboriginal Americans were mistakenly called Indians, too, many now refer to India citizens as, "East Indians."


Why Native American do not want to be called Indians?

because Indians are people from India and it is completely different from native american


What did they call the Indians when coming to America?

Columbus called them indians because he thought he was in India.


What are facts about the indians?

They live in India. Aboriginals in North America are called Indians because some of the first Europeans had thought they had reached India.


What are facts about Indians?

They live in India. Aboriginals in North America are called Indians because some of the first Europeans had thought they had reached India.