indian vs native american :

indian or native american

Although academics have long promoted “Native American” as a moreaccurate label than “Indian,” most of the people so labeled continue torefer to themselves as “Indians” and prefer that term. In Canada, thereis a move to refer to descendants of the original inhabitants as “First Nations” or “FirstPeoples,” but so far that has not spread to the US

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Definitions

  • n  a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived
  • n  a native or inhabitant of India
  • n  any of the languages spoken by Amerindians
  • a  of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures
  • a  of or pertaining to American Indians or their culture or languages

  • n  any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived
  • a  of or pertaining to American Indians or their culture or languages
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