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Why are the amerindians called indigenous people​

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They used to live where America is today.

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The Natives Americans or the Amerindians lived on the land of what is now the United States before Christopher Columbus, and lived before near eradication. They are indigenous people because they lived here and those Amerindians descendants are indigenous to the land.

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