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No, I'm a native of America, but I'm not an American Indian. Yhey are true native Americans. Like, you could be born in Hawaii, but that does not make you a native Hawaiin. It's in your blood, a nationality.
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Nope. One group consists of animals, minerals, and plants while the other consists of tribal people.
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The official government designation "race" Native American" refers to a member of a government recognized tribe, or nation. The words "native to America" refers to anyone or anything that originated in North or South America.
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I have heard that many American Indian don't want to be called like Native American, since it doesn't look like they are considered as one of the good people in America, but they are sadly still out of non-Indian American's minds. That is a good question.
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native is an adjective. Native American is a specific type of person
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no, if any of your ancestors were native american (born in northern american before the europeans arrived), then your native american.
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My great grandmother was a full blood Navajo. I also have Cherokee blood and used to live in Talequah, Oklahoma, where the capitol of the Cherokee Indians are. I have visited with the tribes in the Montana area as well as the Sioux and many others. No one asked us, but the majority of us prefer "American Indian" to "Native American". We've been called Indians for 500 years. The reservations are not called Native Reservations or American Reservations. "American" Indian has America as a geographical adjective. Native "American" means we are American, i.e., US citizens. Many of us would prefer not to be called Americans. We aren't exactly America's favored people.
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