FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY ORIGINS OF EARLY PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS
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Detailed explanation-1: -Indigenous and tribal peoples are often known by national terms such as native peoples, aboriginal peoples, first nations, adivasi, janajati, hunter-gatherers, or hill tribes.
Detailed explanation-2: -There are 574 federally recognized Indian Nations (variously called tribes, nations, bands, pueblos, communities and native villages) in the United States.
Detailed explanation-3: -Native Americans were often grouped into tribes or nations. These groupings were generally based on peoples that shared the same culture, language, religion, customs, and politics.
Detailed explanation-4: -The use of the term Indian for the natives of the Americas originated with Christopher Columbus, who mistakenly believed that the Antilles were the islands of the Indian Ocean, known to Europeans as the Indies.
Detailed explanation-5: -In America north of Mexico, where the Indian population was thinly spread, there were a number of language groups-e.g., the Eskimo-Aleut, Algonquian, Athabascan, and Siouan-each of which covered large territories and included some 20 or more closely related idioms.