Native Americans

Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous people from the regions of North America . They comprise a large number of distinct tribes,states and ethnic groups, many of which survive as intact political communities. There has been a large range of terms used to describe them and no agreement has been reached among indigenous members as to what they prefer to be called collectively. Native Americans have also been known as American Indians, Amerindians, Aboriginal, Indians, Indigenous, Original Americans, First Americans, Red Indians, or Red Men.

European colonization of the Americas was a period of conflict. Most of the written historical record about Native Americans began with European contact. The differences between these two cultures were vast enough to make for great misunderstandings and create long-lasting cultural conflicts.

Today

Native Americans today have a special relationship with the United States of America. They can be found as nations, tribes, or bands of Native Americans who have independence from the government of the United States, and whose society and culture still flourish amidst a larger immigrated people. Native Americans who were not already U.S. citizens as granted by other provisions such as with a treaty term were granted citizenship in 1924 by the Congress of the United States.



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