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I'm repeating well established historical fact: 1491 (Second Edition): New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000JMKVE4/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_FAD53K...

I'm also following the book's terms. Native American is a confusing term, and the author includes an appendix explaining it

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I understand where the confusion is coming from: that Columbus thought that he had arrived in India and so named the natives "Indians" but it's been long established that this was a terrible mistake and that the peoples from the Americas were, in fact, not Indians but rather Native Americas. They were not brought from India. They were already established here. So it's incorrect to call them American Indians. It's just plain offensive these days to call them so.

Don't take my word for it, though. Just ask any "American Indian" which term they prefer and you'll find your answer quickly.

> Don't take my word for it, though. Just ask any "American Indian" which term they prefer and you'll find your answer quickly.

And you'll get many different answers, especially as you travel. North and South America are two large continents; and the Indians were diverse and had many different names for themselves.

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