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Indians are from India, a country in South Asia. Native Americans were called Indians, because Columbus thought he had landed in India when he stumbled across the Americas. The term has gained so much usage, however, that "American Indian" is a generally well understood term.
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What did native Americans call their leaders?
Some of the Indian leaders were called chiefs.
If Indian is an incorrect term for First Nations people why is it still used by Canada's Department of First Nations Indian affairs?
no it is not because there are Asian Indians and aboriginal Indians. If you call them Indian or red Indian it is unpolitcially correct which means that it is legally wrong and right to call them that
What location did Native Americans live in?
they lived in camp sites and made huts out of clay this was the best fortune made by the cheroke's and they are the best Americans that we don't call Indian we call them NATIVE AMERICANS
What would you call a Native American person who attends seasonal gatherings speaks the Native language and participates in old American Indian rituals?
traditional
Why is it incorrect to call stars suns?
It isn't incorrect.
Why would it be incorrect to call Monopoly a fad?
Yes it would be incorrect.
In what year did the Indian Removal Act call for the movement of Native Americans from lands east of the Mississippi to lands west of the Mississippi?
1830
What is the native American status card called?
that would be a CDIB card. Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood (or as I call them, genocide cards
Why are Indians called native Americans when they are not from this land called america?
The reasons they're called Native American is because they are native to America. The reason we call them Indians is because Cristopher Columbus thought he had found a new route to India when he first arrived in America. So "Indian" is an incorrect term. "Native American" is correct.
What is the definition of an Indian American?
An Indian American is someone who is of Indian ancestry, naturalized citizen or born in America. One should not use this term when mentioning the Native Americans. Native Americans have different culture and features than Indians coming from Asia. It was a mistake to call the Native Americans as American Indians because the colonists thought that they reached India already but in fact, they reached America only.
What did the Indian removal act call for and did Andrew Jackson support it?
provided for the general resettlement of Native Americans from east of the Mississippi River to lands west President Jackson was a strong opponent of Indian tribes
What do you call an American Indian woman starts with an s?
The word you are looking for is "squaw". This is considered by many native American women to be an offensive and derogatory term.
