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Because Mexican is a nationality, while "Native American" is a general term defining the people who inhabited the Americas before the arrival of Europeans on the 15th and 16th centuries.

You can find white, mestizo, middle-eastern and even Asian Mexicans and by that definition they can't be "Native Americans"

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Who has more money Native Americans or Mexicans?

In the United States, during the year 2000 it was estimated for the average Native American to have an income of $31,799. Hispanics had an estimated income of $31,703. This means statistically speaking, Native Americans and Mexicans earn the same.


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Where did you get that from? Hispanics culturally came from the Spaniards with some minor stuff from Native Americans and Africans. Genetic-wise, they're a mix of European, Native American and Africans depending on the location. For example, Mexicans are mostly Native American and Spanish, Dominicans are a mix of all three with Spanish being the most predominant followed by African and minor Native American blood and Chileans having mostly European blood with some Native American. Asians had very minor influence on Hispanics although the Native Americans did come from Siberia but that was over 10,000 years ago.


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Yes. They are a combination of natives such as aztecs and a few numbers of spanish


What were the Americans attitude towards the native Americas and Mexicans because of manifest destiny?

Manifest Destiny was an ideal that gave most white Americans a sense of superiority. They felt they had to remove the natives and Mexicans to make way for their new heaven on earth.


How are Native Americans and Mexicans alike?

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Are Mexicans native Americans?

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