Question

if native americans were named that after america took over there land what where they called before? natives?

Answer 1

If native American were named African American after they take them over thier land then, they were must called before by the name of $\textbf{Africans}$.

Answer 2

Hey mate! here's your answer!

Some people get upset about "American Indian" because of its association with Columbus. There is an equally serious dilemma with the use of "Native American," which came into vogue as part of a concern for "political correctness."

The latter was an effort to acknowledge ethnic diversity in the United States while insisting on an over-arching American unity. Groups became identified as hyphen-American.

Thus, African-American, Irish-American, Italian-American, and so on. For the original inhabitants of the land, the "correct" term became Native-American.

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