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*** To avoid confusion, they were called the West Indies.
*** One humorist wrote an essay with Columbus telling a Caribbean native that his ship had guns, and therefore if '''he''' said they were Indians.... The native replied, "Welcome to India, sahib!"
** Likewise, "Native American" literally means anyone born in America (the supercontinent, not the country called the United States of America). Native Americans are not even native to the Americas; they crossed over the Bering Strait from Asia. However, all of the Native Americans born in the last few thousand years were born in the Americas, so they are ''Native'' Americans.
*** [[Lampshaded]] in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' when Lisa tries to dedicate a toast to a Native American and Homer accepts since he was native born. No no, Lisa is referring to an American Indian; Apu accepts since he immigrated. No no, Lisa means-
*** William Donohue, the president of the Catholic League, claimed on ''The Colbert Report'' that he's more of a Native American than any Indian, because he was born in New York and [[You Fail Logic Forever|"those people came over from Asia."]]
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