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Christopher Colubus did. He named them Indians because he was trying to sail around the world to India, and was not expecting America. Therefore, when he found America was inhabited, he called the residents of America Indians, because he thought he reached India.
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∙ 14y agoChristopher Columbus, because when sailing he believed he landed in Asia (particularly India) not the US. So he called India's people Indians.
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