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The name “Indian” or “American Indian” were made by Christopher Columbus when the Caribbean was known as an island in South East Asia. But as you may know, Columbus made a mistake about the islands, but the name got stuck, and for centuries the Native Americans were instead called Indians. “Native American” was introduced by anthropologists who considered Indian quaint, demeaning, or inaccurate in the United States. However, a survey in 1996 revealed that more Natives in the United States still are “American Indian to Native American”

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