Category talk:Native Americans

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The name "Native Americans" is controversial because some indigenous Americans have disputed that it is improper that they, being the original Americans, should be the ones to receive a moniker to distinguish them from the "foreign Americans" that conquered them. For that reason Canadians prefer the term "First Indians". Wikipedia sometimes prefers the term "American Indian" or "Amerindian" which while controversial as well because it's a misnomer stemming from Columbus's mistaken assumption that they're Indians, some indigenous Americans actually prefer it because there's no inherent negative connotation tied to the name "Indian". I understand that Native Americans is fine if these are all from the area that would become the United States because then the term would be neutral by the mere fact that that's the conventional term in the United States, but plenty of these, such as Aztecs, Incas, Maya, Inuits are not from the the region that would become the United States. Sol Pacificus (Cyfiero) 23:26, July 4, 2017 (UTC)