In the United States we call Native Americans "Indians" because 500 years ago Christopher Columbus mistakenly thought he arrived in India.
Native Americans call themselves Indians though. He also thought he was in the Indies, not India
What's the correct terminology these days? Is it still Native ""Americans""?I still don't understand how people say their land was "stolen" when they didn't have a defined concept of ownership in the first place.
>>220887547also Native American was the term used for a white person (well could include africans maybe) born on the land
>>220887547>He also thought he was in the Indies,The huh? Treasure hunting with Indiana Jones crew, the Indies? That the Indies?
>>220887553call them Indians, no matter how much people complain. if anyone complains, simply explain to them it is the endonym of their people and anything else is incorrect. To answer your question, we've moved on to recognizing the historical "tribe" of that land, even if the current natives on that land were ones that were displaced from manifest destiny o algo
>>220887527>Now, 500 years later, there are more Indians in America than there are 'natives'Christopher 'Nostradamus' Columbus was just looking into the future. We were simply too blind to see it.
Here picrel is an "indian" while a person from India is an "indier"
>>220887601indians are descendants of people who inhabited somewhere around mongolia and who crossed the bering strait. they were likely finnish, hence why they like alcohol so much
