• gramie@lemmy.ca
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    5 months ago

    That’s interesting. I don’t think I have ever seen someone refer to an Aboriginal Canadian as a Native American. Native Canadian yes, but native Americans were always south of the border in my mind.

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      5 months ago

      A native American in the general is somebody that’s native to the Americas.

      There are native Americans in Mexico and in all South American countries as well.

      • gramie@lemmy.ca
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        5 months ago

        I understand the concept, but I have never heard the term Native American used for anyone except the indigenous people within the United States of america.