Why Is the Term "Native Americans" Rejected by Some Historians

question 17

Multiple Choice

Why is the term "Native Americans" rejected by some historians and anthropologists?

• A) because the term "Indian" was used first
• B) because the first people on the continent were actually Europeans
• C) because the first people on the continent were actually Africans
• D) because no human life was "native" to the Western hemisphere

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