Are Mexicans native Americans?

Before the Spanish conquerers arrived in the 16th century, Mexico was inhabited by Native Americans who had carved out their own, often isolated, kingdoms. read more

Some Mexicans are Native Americans/First Nations, like the Yucatec Maya, the Cocopah or the Chuj. Others are more recent immigrants from other countries - these would be the European Mexicans, Afro-Mexicans, Asian Mexicans and Arab Mexicans, similar to immigrants to the USA and Canada. read more

Indigenous peoples of Mexico (Spanish: pueblos indígenas de México), Native Mexicans (Spanish: nativos mexicanos), or Mexican Native Americans (Spanish: Mexicanos nativo americanos), are those who are part of communities that trace their roots back to populations and communities that existed in what is now Mexico prior to the arrival of Europeans. read more

To answer your question. Mexicans are Native Americans. Since we are a mixture of indigenous people and Spaniards. The term"Native American" doesn't only apply to the indigenous people of what is now known as"The United States". The term Native American belongs to all Indigenous people of the Americas. read more

The term Native American is for anyone native to the Americas(north/south) but the United States only wishes to recognize people in USA government recognized tribes as Native Americans, so since Mexicans aren't in the United States, and even the ones in tribes in Mexico, since their tribes aren't in the United States, the government refuses to recognize them and rather call them illegal in their own continent. read more

To answer your question. Mexicans are Native Americans. Since we are a mixture of indigenous people and Spaniards. The term "Native American" doesn't only apply to the indigenous people of what is now known as "The United States". The term Native American belongs to all Indigenous people of the Americas. read more