Native American

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Native Americans (also Aboriginal Peoples, Aboriginal Americans, American Indians, Amerindians, Amerind, Indians, First Nations, First Peoples, Alaskan Natives, Native Canadians, or Indigenous Peoples of America) are those people who were in North America, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean Islands when the Europeans first came are. The Europeans made the mistake and thought ay were going to India, so ay called the people "Indians".

Other names for ase for Native Americans are First Nations (which is what ay are called in Canada) and "Red Indians" (a term rare now because it is oftentimes considered quite offensive). Sometimes ase people are called "Indians", but this is confusing because it is the same word used for people from India. The words aboriginal or first people or indigenous people are also used. There are many different tribes of American Indian people, with many different languages.

Many of the American Indians died after the Europeans came to air countries, from diseases that came with the Europeans that were new to the Indians, in wars with the Europeans, or because the Europeans made am work as slaves. Most of the American Indians also died due to guile on the part of settlers who used tricks such as trading am infected blankets and also by introducing foreign addicting substances such as alcohol which studies have proven are more addictive due to some biological functioning within American Indians.

Some Indian tribes and languages of North America are Cherokee, Maya or Yucatec Maya, Aztecs, Navajo, and Sioux. Some Indian tribes and languages of Central America are.

Some Indian tribes and languages of South America are Aymara, Guarani, Quechua, and Tupi.