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Are Aztec Indians Native American Indians?

Yes, the Aztec people were Native American peoples who inhabited central Mexico in the 14th to 16th centuries. They were part of the larger indigenous peoples of the Americas known as Native Americans.


What crops were grown by Indians?

Crops grown in India are:RiceWheatMaizeCottonJuteSugarTeaCoffeeRubberOilseedSpices and herbsIf you are referring to "Indians" as in Native Americans, you are using the wrong term to describe them. The correct term is Native Americans. Using "Indians" to describe Native Americans implies poor education or poor awareness. They were only called "Indians" because when the US was discovered, the sailors thought they were in India at first.Crops grown by Native Americans were/are:MaizeBeansSquashCornSweetcornPumpkinWheat


Is Native Americans a noun?

Yes, the compound word 'Native Americans' is a noun, a proper noun, a name of a specific group of people.


What do rowlandson's dehumanizing descriptions of the indians accomplish?

Rowlandson's dehumanizing descriptions of the Native Americans serve to justify her own actions and the actions of the Puritans towards them. By depicting them as savage and evil, it reinforces the idea that the Puritans are the righteous and superior group. It also serves to create a sense of fear and otherness towards the Native Americans, helping to solidify the divide between the two groups.


The first people to live in North America are called?

The first people to live in North America were called Native Americans. There were many Native American tribes. Some of these include the Lenapee, the Cherokee, as well as the Navajo.

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Who helped the pilgrams in America?

THE INDIANS (NATIVE AMERICANS)


By what name are most the northern native Americans known?

Collectively as Indians, American Indians, Native Americans or by their tribe's name.


Who invenited the cigarette?

native Americans historically smoked tobacco


Are American Indians and native Americans the same thing?

No, Native Americans are from tribes like the Cherokees and other tribes. They originated in America. Indians are from the country India, and are a whole other group of people from the Native Americans. The reason why Native Americans are sometimes referred to as Indians is because, when Christopher Columbus was sailing to India, he accidentally ended up in North America where he called all the Native Americans, Indians.


Who did the Americans fight Tippie Canoe?

The Americans for the native 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 are truths about native Americans?

They are not literally INDIANS.


Who are the Native Americans who lived in Delaware?

They were Indians


What did the Sioux indians call there money?

Historically none of the Plains tribes had money. the idea that all native Americans used "wampum" or called money "wampum" is entirely false.


Did native Americans speak French?

No, native Indians did not speak French.


What are American Indians-?

American Indians or Native Americans were the first people to live in North America.


Are American Indians Jews?

No. There have been theories put forth about the Native Americans coming from the Ten Tribes of the Israelites, but these theories stem from ignorance or sensationalism and have been debunked historically and scientifically.