Their correct name is Lenni Lenape, often shortened to just Lenape. The "lenni" means something like genuine, real or original and "lenape" means men or people.
the Iroquois currently call themselves the Haudenausonees which means "people of the longhouse"
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.
Another name for Indians is Natives, or Native Americans if they come from America. However, the best name for Indians is" Indigenous" people meaning they are the natural inhabitants of the land.
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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.
The Nanticoke Indians.
Nanticoke were the predominant tribe.
The State's name comes from the Delaware Indians (Unami Lenape).
No, the name we used was Tsalagi. But later, Cherokee was adopted
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They would call themselves Inca's
The peoples formerly referred to as Bella Coola Indians now use the name Nuxalk to describe themselves.
the Iroquois currently call themselves the Haudenausonees which means "people of the longhouse"
Yes I do. In 1610 explorer Samuel Argall named the Delaware River and Bay for the governor of Virginia, Thomas West, Lord De La Warr. The state of Delaware takes its name from the river and bay. ur welcome,
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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.
Nothing, because it is the name of river named after the English Lord de la Warr, a governor of the Jamestown colony. The English gave the name Delaware to the tribe after this river.The Delaware tribe call themselves Lenni Lenape, meaning something like true people or first men.Most of the tribal names used today are not the real names of the native groups, but names given them by other tribes or by white men.