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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 February 2025. Indigenous peoples of the United States This article may be too long to read and navigate comfortably. Consider splitting content into sub-articles, condensing it, or adding subheadings. Please discuss this issue on the article's talk page. (October 2024) Ethnic group Native Americans ...
Both Americans and Europeans have historically called Native Americans "Red Indians". The term was largely used in the 18th to 20th centuries, partially based on the color metaphors for race which colonists and settlers historically used in North America and Europe, and also to distinguish Native Americans from the Indian people of India.
Native Americans are also commonly known as Indians or American Indians. A 1995 U.S. Census Bureau survey found that more Native Americans in the United States preferred American Indian to Native American. [7] Most American Indians are comfortable with Indian, American Indian, and Native American, and the terms are often used interchangeably. [8]
The Civil War forged the U.S. into a more centralized and nationalistic country, fueling a "full bore assault on tribal culture and institutions", and pressure for Native Americans to assimilate. [3] In the Indian Appropriations Act of 1871, Congress prohibited any future treaties. This move was steadfastly opposed by Native Americans. [3]
The stairs of the Lincoln Memorial, the site of the incident, seen in July 2004. In the afternoon of January 18, 2019, on the Plaza of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. two separate marches were held: the Indigenous Peoples March, which had the purpose of raising awareness of indigenous people's issues, [18] and the March for Life, [9] which had the purpose of raising awareness of anti ...
Native American tribes have received much needed attention from the medical field due to the increasing infant mortality rate among their people, while the American nation sees this demographic overall on the decline. [25] The infant mortality rate of American Indians and Native Alaskans is 8.6 for every 1,000 live births.
Trump appears at a congressional hearing in 1993 over a casino dispute, where he claimed that Native American casino owners ‘don’t look like Indians to me’ (MSNBC)
When answering a question about racial background, 3.7 million people identified solely as "American Indian or Alaska Native", while another 5.9 million did so in combination with other races. [231] Aztecs were the largest single Native American group in the 2020 census, while Cherokee was the largest group in combination with any other race. [232]