FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICANS
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Indigenous Peoples refers to a group of Indigenous peoples with a shared national identity, such as “Navajo” or “Sami, ” and is the equivalent of saying “the American people.” Native American and American Indian are terms used to refer to peoples living within what is now the United States prior to European contact.
Detailed explanation-2: -When a tribe has that legal status, then they are known as an American Indian tribe with the power to self-govern as a separate nation. If the tribe is not federally recognized, then they are only known as Native American.
Detailed explanation-3: -The term ‘Indian’ is a misnomer that was used to describe the native Americans by Christopher Colombus. Colombus set out to discover India but ended up discovering America. He took to calling the native Americans ‘Indians’ due to his mistaken assumption of having reached India.
Detailed explanation-4: -Turtle Island is a name for Earth or North America, used by some Indigenous peoples, as well as by some Indigenous rights activists. The name is based on a common North American Indigenous creation story and is in some cultures synonymous with “North America."