USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The ancestors of the American Indians were nomadic hunters of northeast Asia who migrated over the Bering Strait land bridge into North America probably during the last glacial period (11, 500–30, 000 years ago). By c. 10, 000 bc they had occupied much of North, Central, and South America.

Detailed explanation-3: -Native Americans who were living in North America when Europeans arrived there used to be called Red Indians. [offensive, old-fashioned]

Detailed explanation-4: -The Indians in the Southwest and Far West were the Navajo, the Nez Perce, and the Apache which were also in the Plains Indians tribes. The Indians in the Southwest and Far West, such as the Navajo, lived in what became Arizona and New Mexico. Northeastern Oregon was home to the Nez Perce tribe.