Title: What do Native Americans want to be called by others? - Quora
Headings: What do Native Americans want to be called by others?
What do Native Americans want to be called by others?
Anonymous

Content: They have been living for hundreds of years in the high altitudes of our imposing, magestic Andean Mountain Range. They are the Andean people; la gente Andina. So on and so forth. :D
Michael Sheehy
, Not a lawyer, but have a BA in American Government
Answered 5 years ago · Author has 601 answers and 1.7M answer views
When I visited the Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC, the tour guide was discussing aspects of identity among these populations. All guides there are American Indians and he said that many do not see themselves as part of a broad collective of "American Indians" or whatever term others might use. Rather, they identify more strongly with the tribe of which they are a member. So they would say "I am Hopi" "I am Cherokee" and so on, since the history and traditions vary so much among such populations. To answer your question, try and politely ask what they would prefer to be called. Continue Reading
When I visited the Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC, the tour guide was discussing aspects of identity among these populations.