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European colonizers began referring to Indigenous peoples in the Americas as "savages" during the late 15th and early 16th centuries, particularly as they established colonies and encountered Native populations. This characterization was often used to justify colonization and the subjugation of Indigenous cultures. The term reflected a Eurocentric worldview that deemed non-European societies as inferior or uncivilized.

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