"[The is] a mistaken belief that [the word……" — Russell Means

[The is] a mistaken belief that [the word Indian] refers somehow to… - Russell Means
"[The is] a mistaken belief that [the word Indian] refers somehow to the country, India. When Columbus washed up on the beach in the Caribbean, he was not looking for a country called India. Europeans were calling that country Hindustan in 1492.... Columbus called the tribal people he met "Indio," from the Italian in dio, meaning "in God.""

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