I Nativi Americani e le loro denominazioni storiche

A native American or American Indian, is one of the first inhabitants of the American continent or one of their descendants. In 1492, Christophe Colomb Explorer think reaching the Indian subcontinent, while he just landed in America. It is in this context that the Europeans will appoint briefly that the West Indies territory, to differentiate them from those so-called Oriental. Because of this confusion, continues to use the word 'Indians' to talk about the new world populations. With the work of the mapmaker Martin Waldseemüller at the beginning of the 16th century, you start talking about 'American continent', in memory of the Italian Navigator Amerigo Vespucci; its inhabitants are then referred to as "American Indian" to distinguish the populations of the India without completely changing the use of designating them as Indians. In the absence of designation which makes consensus, sometimes used the expressions of indigenous or Aboriginal peoples, or more precisely, first nations or peoples (literal translations of English). The Red expression is old and is much used in America. One speaks also of pre-Columbian peoples for Mesoamerica and the Andes mountains. In English, in Canada as in the United States, are used Native Americans ("Americans"), American Indians, Native peoples ("original peoples"), First Nations, First Peoples, Aboriginal Peoples. However, these terms are often rejected by the individuals who prefer to be called according to the original names of their peoples.

  

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