Definitions of Amerindian
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a dated term applied to an Indigenous person living in the Americastypes:American Indian, Red Indiana dated term referring to the Indigenous people of North, Central, and South AmericaSouth American Indiana member of a native Indian group in South AmericaCarib, Carib Indiana member of an American Indian peoples of northeastern South America and the Lesser AntillesAlgonquian, Algonquina member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada; many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coastAnasazia Native American who lived in what is now southern Colorado and Utah and northern Arizona and New Mexico and who built cliff dwellingsAthabascan, Athabaskan, Athapascan, Athapaskana member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Athapaskan language and living in the subarctic regions of western Canada and central AlaskaMaya, Mayana member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between AD 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomyNahuatla member of any of various Indian peoples of central MexicoOlmeca member of an early Mesoamerican civilization centered around Veracruz that flourished between 1300 and 400 BCZapotec, Zapotecana member of a large tribe of Mesoamericans living in southern Mexico whose civilization flourished around 300 to 900Buffalo Indian, Plains Indiana member of one of the tribes of American Indians who lived a nomadic life following the buffalo in the Great Plains of North AmericaChickasawa member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in northern MississippiCoeur d'Alenea member of an Amerindian people living in northern Idaho around Coeur d'Alene LakeCreekany member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in OklahomaHaidaa member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern AlaskaIroquoisany member of the Native American peoples on land that later became New York State; the Iroquois League were allies of the British during the American RevolutionMuskhogean, Muskogeana member of any of the peoples formerly living in southeastern United States and speaking Muskhogean languagesPenutiana member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Penutian languagesPuebloa member of any of about two dozen Native American peoples called `Pueblos' by the Spanish because they live in pueblos (villages built of adobe and rock)Salisha member of a group of North American Indians speaking a Salishan language and living on the northwest coast of North AmericaShoshone, Shoshonia member of the North American Indian people (related to the Aztecs) of the southwestern United StatesTaracahitiana member of a group of peoples of MexicoTlingita member of a seafaring group of North American Indians living in southern AlaskaWakashana member of one of the peoples in British Columbia and Washington who speak the Wakashan languageTupia member of the South American Indian people living in Brazil and ParaguayGuarania member of the South American people living in Paraguay and BoliviaMaracoa member of the South American people living in Argentina and Bolivia and ParaguayKechua, Quechuaa member of a South American Indian people in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Inca empireInuita member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo ('eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the Inuit ('the people')Paleo-American, Paleo-Amerind, Paleo-Indiana member of the Paleo-American peoples who were the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America during the late Pleistocene epochsannupa married male American Indiansquawan American Indian womantype of:
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