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Why were the Arawaks and Caribs called Amerindians?
The word Amerindian is a combination of American Indian. Columbus called the natives Indians because he thought he had landed in India.
What state's name comes from the Dakota Indians' word for tinted water?
Minnesota
Where does the word redskins come from?
It refers to the color of the native American Indians skin.
How did native Americans choose their name?
The way in which Native Americans were named depended on which tribe they belonged to. Some names would have been chosen by the elders of the tribe whilst others would have been the names of ancestors. The idea that parents chose a name for their child by using the first thing they saw from the wigwam when the child was born is seen as a racist stereotype.
Is an American born Arawak Indian considered Black or as a Native American Indian?
The Arawak Indians are not of the black race. The Carib and Taino-Arawak Indians are all American Indians from the West Indies Central American Caribbean Islands. Note: The term red man was given to the Taino American Indians in the year 1492 by Columbus, as they used a red coloring called Bija (Beha) to ward off mosquitos and to paint their bodies red. The "red skinned Indians" are referred to as American Indians. To call an Indian a redskin is as much a derogatory term as to call an African American the "N" word.
