Native Americans (also called American Indians, First Americans, or Indigenous Americans) are the Indigenous peoples of the United States, particularly of the lower 48 states and Alaska. They may also include any Americans whose origins lie in any of the indigenous peoples of North or South America.

The history of Native Americans in the United States began before the founding of US, tens of thousands of years ago with the settlement of the Americas by the Paleo-Indians.

Native American cultures across the 574 current federally recognized tribes in the United States, can vary considerably by language, beliefs, customs, practices, laws, art forms, traditional clothing, and other facets of culture.

Native Americans in the United States (also known as American Indians) [3] are the indigenous people from the areas of North America now part of the continental United States, including parts of Alaska. The US government recognizes 574 tribes. [4] . There are about 310 Indian reservations in the US.

Native Americans (also called Aboriginal Americans, American Indians, Amerindians, or Indigenous peoples of the Americas) are the indigenous peoples and their descendants, who were in the Americas before Europeans arrived.

Aug 24, 2023 · American Indians and Alaska Natives are citizens of the United States and of the states in which they reside. They are also citizens of the Tribes according to the criteria established by each Tribe.

Dec 4, 2009 · There are more than nine million Native Americans living in the United States, representing hundreds of tribal nations with diverse languages, cultures and traditions.

Jan 29, 2025 · Indigenous American peoples are any of the aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere. The ancestors of contemporary Indigenous American peoples were members of nomadic hunting and gathering cultures. The earliest of these groups to reach North American arrived during the last ice age.

En Estados Unidos viven más de 570 tribus nativas americanas reconocidas a nivel federal, de las cuales aproximadamente la mitad están asociadas con reservas indias; según un censo de 2020, hay aproximadamente 9,7 millones de nativos, cerca del 2.9% de la población. 1 Estas cifras representan solo nativos o en combinación con otras razas y nat...

Jan 29, 2025 · Native American history is made additionally complex by the diverse geographic and cultural backgrounds of the peoples involved. As one would expect, Indigenous American farmers living in stratified societies, such as the Natchez, engaged with Europeans differently than did those who relied on hunting and gathering, such as the Apache.