Native Americans or Native American may refer to:

Ethnic groups

Indigenous peoples of the Americas The Indigenous peoples of the Americas are the inhabitants of the Americas before the arrival of the European settlers in the 15th century, and the ethnic groups who now identify themselves with those peoples. Many Indigenous peoples of the A ...

, the pre-Columbian peoples of North and South America and their descendants *

Native Americans in the United States Native Americans, also known as American Indians, First Americans, Indigenous Americans, and other terms, are the Indigenous peoples of the mainland United States (Indigenous peoples of Hawaii, Alaska and territories of the United States are ...

Indigenous peoples in Canada In Canada, Indigenous groups comprise the First Nations, Inuit and Métis. Although ''Indian'' is a term still commonly used in legal documents, the descriptors ''Indian'' and ''Eskimo'' have fallen into disuse in Canada, and most consider the ...

First Nations in Canada First Nations (french: Premières Nations) is a term used to identify those Indigenous Canadian peoples who are neither Inuit nor Métis. Traditionally, First Nations in Canada were peoples who lived south of the tree line, and mainly south ...

, Canadian indigenous peoples neither Inuit nor Métis **

Inuit Inuit (; iu, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 'the people', singular: Inuk, , dual: Inuuk, ) are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic and subarctic regions of Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, ...

, an indigenous people of the mainland and insular Bering Strait, northern coast, Labrador, Greenland, and Canadian Arctic Archipelago regions ** Métis in Canada, peoples of Canada originating from both indigenous (First Nations or Inuit) and European ancestry * Indigenous peoples of Costa Rica * Indigenous peoples of Mexico *

Indigenous peoples of South America The Indigenous peoples of South America or South American Indigenous peoples, are the pre-Colombian peoples of South America and their descendants. These peoples contrast with South Americans of European ancestry and those of African descent. ...

** Indigenous peoples in Argentina ** Indigenous peoples in Bolivia **

Indigenous peoples in Brazil Indigenous peoples in Brazil ( pt, povos indígenas no Brasil) or Indigenous Brazilians ( pt, indígenas brasileiros, links=no) once comprised an estimated 2000 tribes and nations inhabiting what is now the country of Brazil, before European con ...

** Indigenous peoples in Chile ** Indigenous peoples in Colombia **

Indigenous peoples in Ecuador Indigenous peoples in Ecuador, or Native Ecuadorians, are the groups of people who were present in what became Ecuador before the Spanish colonization of the Americas. The term also includes their descendants from the time of the Spanish conque ...

** Indigenous peoples in Peru ** Indigenous peoples in Suriname ** Indigenous peoples in Venezuela

Arts and culture

* ''Native American'' (album), a 1992 album by Tony Rice * '' The Native Americans'', a 1994 American documentary series * "Native Americans", a 1972 composition by Ornette Coleman from '' Skies of America'' * "Native American", a 1987 song by Little Steven from '' Freedom – No Compromise'' * ''Native American'', or ''Sons of Beaches'', a 1995 album by The Bellamy Brothers

Politics

* The "Native American" movement, a term for nativism in the United States * Native American Party, or Know Nothing, an American nativist political party of the 1850s

Religions

* Native American religions

Ethnic groups

Arts and culture

Politics

Religions

See also