Noun

Native American (plural Native Americans)

1. An American Indian, especially in the United States.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:Native American

Adjective

Native American (comparative more Native American, superlative most Native American)

Positive Native American

Comparative more Native American

Superlative most Native American

1. Of the American Indians.

The term Native Americans may refer to:

In its broadest sense, the entirety of the indigenous peoples of the American continents:

• Indigenous peoples of the Americas

Or, more-specifically, to the indigenous people living within a particular country:

• Native Americans in the United States - indigenous peoples living within the United States, equivalent in some instance to the term American Indian but in others including:
  • • Alaska Natives, including Eskimo-Aleut and Inuit peoples
    • Native Hawaiians, natives of the islands now declared the state of Hawaii
    • Taino, indigenous people of Puerto Rico, many living in Florida, New Jersey, etc., no formal land arrangement with US government.
    • Pacific Islander, including peoples in the U.S. Pacific Island dependencies (e.g. Chamorros, Marshallese), but also other Pacific nations
• Aboriginal peoples in Canada - indigenous people of Canada, including First Nations, Métis and Inuit

See also:

• Arts: Literature: Cultural: Native American (10)
• Shopping: Ethnic and Regional: North American: Indigenous: Native-Made (122)
• Society: Ethnicity: The Americas: Indigenous: Native Americans (1,942)

• A Tribe of Two Press
  tribeoftwopress.com
  Website for ordering books by Native American author Paula Underwood.
• One Feather Books and Gifts
  onefeather.com
  Based in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Offers books, tapes, CDs and videos which preserve and promote Native American cultures.
• Purich Publishing Ltd.
  purichpublishing.com
  Book publishers specializing in nonfiction books on aboriginal issues, law, and western Canadian history.