ANP 330 Lecture 3: ANP 330
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About 6 million, which is around 2% of the population. Canada, the us, greenland (most of the time), and northern mexico. Not hawaii because the hawaiian natives are more closely related to polynesia. All groups that claim ancestry to people who occupied the land prior to the arrival of the europeans. Also used in government to describe all people who are accepted as members of federally recognized indigenous groups (bands or first nations in canada, tribes or tribal entity in the us) Many natives accept the term "north america", however some wish to call it other things because they think "north america" is a result of european imperialism (named after amerigo vespucci) Most that reject it call it "turtle island" instead, based on origin myths. Mestizos (mixed ancestry) and indios (usually those that speak the indigenous languages) became popular due to the population from northern mexico. Native americans can be citizens of both the nation-state and the tribe.
