Native americans were living in north america for many hundreds of year before europeans reached the continent. For a long time white people called them indians. Today, many people do not like this mane since it is based on mistake: it was give to the people living in the americas by Christopher Columbus who, when he arrived there, thought he had discovered india. instead, people prefer to use the term native americans. There are also native people living in alaska and canada ,e.g. Inuits and Aleuts,but they are separate groups and are not called native americans.
According to the bureau of indian affairs, a part of the us government, there are now about 550 tribes. These include well-know groups like the Navajo and Sioux, and less famous tribes like the Cayuse. The number of native americans living in US is about 1.2 million.
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