List of Indigenous people of the Americas

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This is a list of famous Indigenous peoples of the Americas.

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[edit] North America

[edit] In Canada

Generally referred to as Aboriginal peoples in Canada when looking at the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples collectively.

See List of First Nations people.

[edit] In the United States

See List of Native Americans

[edit] In Mexico

This issue is complicated because a great majority of Mexicans are mestizos and therefore being part Native is not unusual as in Canada or the US. The list only include indigenous proper and mestizos with an indigenous parent. This list also includes a few Pre-Columbian figures considered remarkable in the history and culture of Mexico.

[edit] In Guatemala

[edit] In the Caribbean

[edit] In South America

[edit] In Bolivia

[edit] In Colombia

[edit] In Peru

[edit] In Chile

[edit] Footnotes