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The native peoples of the Americas are racially descended from ancient Asiatic people of eastern Asia. They do not have "red skin", but rather yellowish skin and usually very black, straight hair and little or no body hair like most Asiatic peoples.
It is always wrong to generalise and all native people are different, but when a native American baby is born in Peru, Canada, Wyoming, Florida or Argentina it generally has more yellowish skin than that of white people; exposure to the sun rapidly tans this skin a rich tan or copper colour.
Lewis and Clark, when they reached the Shoshone country, were taken to be natives because of their deeply-tanned hands and faces and had to pull up the sleeves of their jackets to reveal the pale, untanned skin of their arms to prove they were really white people.
The copper/tan colour has in the past been termed "red", which is clearly a false idea - but one which is today widespread among non-native people. This is typical of the many false terms ("squaw", "chief", "brave", "wigwam" and many more) that are used without any understanding of native culture by extremely ignorant white people.
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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.
What is another name for American Indians?
In the US, American Indians are also referred to as Native Americans or by their tribe/nation affiliation. They were here first. The rest of us are immigrants or natural-born citizens. American Indians have also been referred to as "Red Indians". This term, though, can carry a negative connotation and could be considered racist.
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