why are the natives of South America continent called as the Red Indians ? of class 7th
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Red Indian is an offensive term for a native North American.The use of the term Indian for the natives of the Americas originated with Christopher Columbus, who mistakenly believed that the Antilles were the islands of the Indian Ocean, known to Europeans as the Indies.
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