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American Indian

noun

Indian ( def 1 ).
Amerind ( def 2 ). : AmerInd

American Indian

noun

Also calledNative American a member of any of the indigenous peoples of North, Central, or South America, esp those of North America

adjective

AlsoAmerindian of or relating to any of these peoples, their languages, or their cultures

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Usage

This term is still acceptable and is widely used by American Indians themselves. The most accepted phrase in general use nowadays is Native American

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Sensitive Note

See Indian.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of American Indian¹

First recorded in 1725–35

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She described learning family stories about Cherokee, Huron and Creek heritage in a 2004 memoir that was part of a book series on American Indian lives.

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I was the first Indian comedian that big, and they wanted me to have the American Indian experience, but the Indians in the United States are the wealthiest minority in this country.

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While any life saved from an overdose is a win, many were quick to highlight stark racial disparities in these statistics, with deaths still increasing among Black, Hispanic and American Indian and Alaska Native populations.

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The Civil Rights, Chicano liberation, and American Indian movements of the 1960s, and new political engagement from Washington, D.C.

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James Earl Jones was born on 17 January 1931 in Mississippi, of African-American, American Indian and Irish ancestry.

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