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No, Native Americans are from tribes like the Cherokees and other tribes. They originated in America. Indians are from the country India, and are a whole other group of people from the Native Americans.
The reason why Native Americans are sometimes referred to as Indians is because, when Christopher Columbus was sailing to India, he accidentally ended up in North America where he called all the Native Americans, Indians.
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TaigaNo. Native Americans are native to America. Every country has natives meaning people originally from there. You will also see some folks declaring themselves as native Texans or native coloradians because the y wer born there. There are native Chinese, Native Japanese and so on.
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What is the difference between Native Americans and American Indian?
THEY ARE NOT THE SAME THING! The difference between them is that Indians are from India (a country) and native Americans are the people you see in the history books (but they don't dress like what you see , they dress like everyone else and they are not savages either) The reason people think they are the same thing is because, they believe what Columbus said. Back then Columbus landed in the indies and called the people there (which were native Americans) Indians.
What do native Americans and aboriginals have in common?
Native Americans lived on the same land as the Americans did. They share a lot of cultures,arts,and freedom.
Why did the Native Americans hate the Americans in the 1800s?
Americans took Native American lands away from them and forced them to move west to the worst lands. They took Native American children away from their parents and put them in schools taking away the Native American languages and culture. They gave them blankets infected with small pox which killed thousands.
Native American words that start with k?
kayak: kayaks are used by native Americans in the Inuit tribe to cross bodies of wates. ( same as canoes )
How was the relationship between Native Americans and the settlers of the colony of Maryland?
The native Americans in Colonial Maryland were very unappreciated. The chief of the Potomac Indians welcomed the settlers saying "We will eat at the same table; my followers will too go to hunt for you; and we will all have things in common." Though the Indians were acting for peace, king Charles I ordered that they be eliminated. The colonization led to the scattering of tribes and loss of Native American heritage.
