what did the native americans refer or call themselves before the european explorers called them indians?
2006-11-22 12:11:11 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Depends on the tribe. "Sioux" means "enemy" and was used by the other tribes, while they refered to themselves as "Lakotah" or "The People". Usually Native Americans refered to themselves in some variation of "The People".
2006-11-22 13:16:25 · answer #1 · answered by Crash 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
By their own Nation or tribe name... Many calling themselves the people, friends, and similar terms. (As a side note, Lakota means something more like friends or allies...'people' is oyate.)
2006-11-23 14:54:35 · answer #2 · answered by Indigo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
each tribe referred to themselves differently but a great number of them called themselves (the people) in whatever language they spoke
2006-11-22 21:16:30 · answer #3 · answered by doc 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am not sure but im sure they didn't have names because they didn't need to identify themselves.
2006-11-22 23:11:55 · answer #4 · answered by lexi 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Asian.
Asians, among others, walked the ice masses and ended up in what is now Alaska. And some ventured further, into Canada and the U.S.
2006-11-22 21:25:39 · answer #5 · answered by Dante_of_Phoenix 2 · 0⤊ 5⤋