List_of_Indigenous_people_of_the_Americas

List of Indigenous people of the Americas

List of Indigenous people of the Americas

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North America

Canada

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

Main article: Notable Aboriginal people of Canada
Further information: List of Canadian Inuit, List of First Nations people, and List of Métis people

Greenland

Main article: List of Greenlandic Inuit

Mexico

Benito Juárez, Zapotec, President of Mexico
Porfirio Díaz, Mexican Army General, President of 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.

United States

Main article: List of Native Americans of the United States

Central America

Hatuey, Cacique, executed in 1512 by the Spanish, hero in modern Cuba
Rigoberta Menchú, K'iche' Maya Nobel Peace Prize recipient from Guatemala

The Caribbean

Guatemala

Nicaragua

South America

Alejandro Toledo, Ex-President of Peru

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Ecuador

Peru

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