2007-02-11 11:41:16 · 19 answers · asked by philip s 1 in Social Science ➔ Anthropology
the guys are right about Columbus thinking he had reached India. The reason for the name 'red indians' is because the natives rubbed blood onto their skin after a kill when hunting, also after a meal they rubbed their greasy hands over their body too. Their real skin colour was light brown.
2007-02-11 15:51:42 · answer #1 · answered by Londo Mol 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
When Christopher Columbus arrived in the New world he had thought he had arrived somewhere near India.He named the native people Indios the Spanish word for Indians.Because there are so many varieties of Indians they cannot be defined by one color.Some North American Indians have a copper coloring hence the expression red Indians.
2007-02-11 13:30:38 · answer #2 · answered by silverback7m 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Indigenous people of this land are called Indians because a gross error was committed by Christopher Columbus he was trying to discover passage to India.
The truth is that Christopher Columbus missed India and never saw present day USA either. To get to the point Mr. Columbus saw some island people’s and thought he had finally found India so he named them Indians. Another error how can you name people that already knew who they were for thousands of years..
When it’s all said and done the Indigenous people of this land are very happy about the fact that Columbus was not looking for TURKEY
2007-02-11 15:54:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The answer actually is quite simple, it was because the Eurporean though the native American are decent of people from India. Nevertheless the European may just be right from the begining.
2007-02-11 20:22:59 · answer #4 · answered by ken c 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Columbus intended to find a waterway to India.
When he landed he thought he had reached India.
The islands were he landed therefor where called the west-Indian-islands. The people they lived there he cold Indians.
2007-02-11 11:55:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They aren't anymore but they used to be before political correctness owing to the fact Christopher Columbus believed he'd reached India (which is what he was aiming for) when in fact he'd 'discovered' America, from what I've read.
2007-02-11 11:51:33 · answer #6 · answered by Kate 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The word indian is described in your first part of your question.
Native of America....they are not really red but copper coloured.
2007-02-12 00:45:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The early explorers thought they were in India having gone West to circumnavigate the globe.
2007-02-11 11:49:11 · answer #8 · answered by Sam B 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Christopher Columbus thought he arrived in India. The skins were slightly more pinkish.
2007-02-11 11:55:07 · answer #9 · answered by Tamart 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
When they discovered it the thought America was the East coast of India.
2007-02-11 11:50:00 · answer #10 · answered by monkeymanelvis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋