American Indian

American Indian or, when the context is clear, simply Indian, are terms which refer to indigenous peoples living in parts of the Americas. It has roughly the same meaning as does "Native American", although "American Indian" usually excludes Eskimo and Aleut people. See the below articles, which describe the various indigenous peoples in the contexts of:

Related Topics:
Americas - Native American - Eskimo - Aleut - Indigenous peoples

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• Indigenous peoples of the Americas deals with American Indians in the sense of the indigenous peoples throughout both American continents.
• Indigenous peoples in the United States, natives of the United States territories.
• Native Americans in the United States, natives of the continental United States only;
• Alaska Natives, natives of the territory of Alaska, including Inuit and Yupik Eskimo peoples, Aleuts, and several others.
• Native Hawaiians, natives of the state of Hawaii.
• Pacific Islanders, including peoples in the US Pacific Island dependencies (e.g. Chamorros, Marshallese), but also other Pacific nations.
• Aboriginal peoples in Canada, including First Nations, Métis and Inuit.
• First Nations, Canadian natives, sometimes referred to as "Indians".
• Indigenous peoples in Brazil, the "povos indígenas" in Brazil.
• The term "American Indian" is usually not used to refer to Americans whose ancestors came from India, who are normally termed Indian Americans.

See also:

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• Native American name controversy, on the differing uses and attitudes surrounding the terms "Native American" and "American Indian".