Why are Native Americans called Indians? Why were the Huron and Iroquois enemies? Why was impressment a cause of the War of 1812? Why did the Lakota call the Anishnabe Chippewa? Why is the Cherokee "Trail of Tears" a significant event?
Why are the Indigenous people of America called Indians? Why are Native Americans called Indians? Why is Antarctica called Antarctica? Why are Vikings called Norsemen? Why did the Vikings name Greenland and Iceland as they did? Why did the Vikings give the countr...
The Inuit are an ethnic group that live in the Arctic Circle in parts of Alaska, Canada and Greenland. They used to be called Eskimos, but this term is now considered to be derogatory. Answer and Explanation: First Nations people are what were once called Indians. The Inuit belong to a...
A look at the history of the United States indicates that this country has often been called "a melting pot",where various immigrant and ethnic groups have learned to work together to build a unique nation.Even those "original" Americans,the Indians,probably walked a land bridge from Asia to...
often been called "a melting pot",where various immigrant and ethnic groups have learned to work together to build a unique nation.Even those "original" Americans,the Indians,probably walked a land bridge from Asia to North America some thousands of years ago.So,who are the real Americans?The...
estimates that some 5 million people are living in the United States without permission, and the number is growing by about 275,000 a year. Native-born Americans and legal immigrants worry about the problem of illegal immigration. Many believe that illegal immigrants (also called "...
Many Vietnamese still refer to Ho Chi Minh City as Saigon, and many Indians still call Mumbai Bombay. Writer Leeya Mehta is among them. "For me and my generation, we really pushed back against the name change," she said. "...
King Charles decided Roman Catholic priests would build the missions and settlements with the help of Native American Indians. The priests would teach the native people the Christian religion, the Spanish language and how to farm. A religious group within the Catholic Church called the Franciscans ...
and then from children and grandchildren of the students. In adocumentary called “These Are Not ‘Stories,”produced by the Museum of Riverside, the Sherman Indian Museum and UC Riverside, Rose Ann Hamilton of the Cahuilla Band of Indians described what happened to her mother, born ...
Jackson took part in removing Native American Indians to the west. Because he was the President and he was the face of America at the time. Americans today blame him for the harsh removal of the Indians and make Jackson out to have been racist against the Indians. Although, during the Cre...