In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue - but he never landed on or in America - he landed in Porto Reco. The red skinned people he encountered there He called Indians. He was out to sea for such a long time - he felt he had reached India So the term Indian has been used in correctly ever since Columbus made his journey.People in this country are Native Americans.
2006-11-21 07:58:58 · 19 answers · asked by herbert lhub 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Native American is even a wrong term.
I live in Arizona and the Apaches call themselves Apaches.
2006-11-21 08:01:32 · answer #1 · answered by MЯ BAIT™ 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Right - but I've never heard of Porto Reco - it's Puerto Rico - and he thought he was in India - he called the people there Indians. This was his miscalculation.
Also, the islands in the area of the Bahamas (including Puerto Rico, I believe) are known as the West Indies, as a result. Also, sort of a misnomer.
2006-11-21 08:02:49 · answer #2 · answered by gatesfam@swbell.net 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Err, there's just one more thing... sorry, thats Columbo (lol)
Columbus was trying to reach India by sailing west instead of east. When he reachedland he though he'd arrived there and decided that the natives were the Indians, and so he called them that. Yes, he was wrong - totally.
2006-11-21 08:02:46 · answer #3 · answered by rchlbsxy2 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yet many Native Americans I know call themselves Indians.
2006-11-21 08:06:40 · answer #4 · answered by Sean 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Christopher Columbus went in seek for East India, the areas stimulated via Indus (river in Pakistan) civilization stretching from Pakistan to Phillipines, which includes Myanmar, Thialand, Combodia, Indonesia, malaysia, and Phillipines. by twist of destiny he reached Bahamas Island and located the human beings having crimson dermis. It became diverse to what he became expexted, East Indians have darkish skins. thinking that he reached East India and having got here upon those with crimson dermis, he desperate to referred to as them as crimson Indians. They have been the close by individuals, called aboriginals or indigenous human beings.
2016-10-17 08:33:56 · answer #5 · answered by felio 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The term was first used incorrectly, but unfortunately, the name stuck. My American History textbook only uses the words "Native American" when they are saying what they actually are; the rest of the book continually refers to them as "Indians".
2006-11-21 08:01:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes, He was wrong. But it was obvious that he might call them Indians as he started off his exploration in search of the country India in East for spices. He lost the direction somehow and ended up landing on the carribiens on the west.
So yeah, He was wrong.
2006-11-21 08:02:43 · answer #7 · answered by cnj_says_boo 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
the people that he had "discovered" were called whatever they called themselves. don't you think it makes more sense to call a native american by their tribe than by a name tying them to this land, that they didn't always live on? or worse yet, giving them a name that doesn't even apply to them?!??!?!?!
ps. Christofer Columbus sailed to america 3 times, yet never admitted that he hadn't reached asia! how prideful!
2006-11-21 10:08:37 · answer #8 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is because of his ignorance that the native americans are called that today. That would be like someone messing up any cultures name, like calling a puerto rican a mexican. They get very offended. Not sure why but anyways maybe that can be my next question.
2006-11-21 08:05:13 · answer #9 · answered by tabbikat 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes because technically they were not in india. the so called indians are native americans
2006-11-21 09:06:05 · answer #10 · answered by i_luv_jack_sparrow_190 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋