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What did native Americans call basketball?
something
What did native Americans call their mom and dad?
No
What did Archaeologists call the earliest Americans?
paleo Indians
What did the Native Americans called the gun?
The native Americans call the gun a fire stick. It is not funny dude
What did Columbus call the Indians?
Columbus went west to go east, but he thought he was in India. He called the people he met "indians". His diary reflects he didn't think much of them and thought they would make good slaves. He mainly wanted them to bring him gold. When one man brought a few nuggets to him Columbus got so mad he cut the man's hands off. Columbus was a greedy man who wanted riches, and power.
Why did colombus call the natives he met Indians?
Columbus called Native Americans Indians. The story is that Columbus thought he had reached India, and Indians would be the native inhabitants. By the time Columbus realized that he was not in India, the name had already stuck.
Who gave the Native American the name Indians?
Columbus called the Native Americans Indians, because he thought he was in India when he arrived in America. The name stuck, and we still call them Indians today.
Who were the people Columbus encountered in the Bahamas and what did he call?
He encountered Native Americans, he believed he had arrived at India so he called them indians.
Who were the people Columbus encountered in the bahamas and what did he call them?
He encountered Native Americans, he believed he had arrived at India so he called them indians.
Why do you call Indians Native Americans?
Because when Columbus got here, he had the silly notion that he arrived in India, so he called them Indians. We call them the more politically correct, Native Americans, because technically, they are not from India, henceforth no Indians. They were also 'native' to this country which we call America, so they are Native Americans.
What did the White people call the Indians?
Native Americans in S. America and N. America including Central America, in India we just call them Indians. We call Native Americans indians because columbus made the critical mistake of thinking he landed on the sub-continent of India for a new spice trade with the Indians and called them natives "Indians" due to this mistake.
What do you call these first Americans today?
we call them Indians but they prefer native Americans
What did explorers call the Native Americans?
Early explorers called them Indians because when Christopher Columbus discovered America he thought he was in India, therefore comes the term Indians.
Do you say American Indians or native American?
well, you can say either one. i prefer saying native americans,but i also say american indians. The reason why most americans today call them just plain indians is because christipher columbus thought he had sailed to india.
Who was the first person to call natives Indians?
The first person to call Native Americans "Indians" was probably Christopher Columbus or a member of his crew. Remember that for some years after Columbus' landings in the Caribbean, He and the Europeans who followed him thought they had reached "the Indies" ( the region we now call "east Asia")
What did Columbus call the Native Americans?
Columbus called the Native Americans "Indians" because he thought he had reached India or Asia.
Why did Columbus call the native people he met Indians?
because Columbus was trying to find a quicker trade rout to india, and when he arived in america he believed that he was in india.
