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What do American Indians / Native Americans call themselves?

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“People look at it in both ways; 'Indian' is from India, and when this country was 'discovered' the people were looked at as godly people (Indios). I also refer to myself as 'Native American.' I'm comfortable with both of them. read more

Most people I have known call themselves by their tribal affiliation and sometimes their clan and call all native or first nations people collectively as a whole mainly "Indian". But American Indian, Native, and Native American are common. read more

Native American is a rather new term, and only applies to the indigenous of the US, as it is the political and legal term given to them by the US government, to replace the term 'American Indian'. Here in Canada, we are not Native Americans, but the First Nations, Metis and Inuit. read more

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The Wichita Tribe call themselves Kitikitish, meaning ...
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