American Indian

American Indian refers to the indigenous peoples of the contiguous United States and their descendants, encompassing the diverse Native American nations and tribes. The term is used in claims discussing issues of Indigenous remains and artifacts, forced assimilation and removal policies that attempted to re-racialize Indigenous children, and comparisons of colonial genocidal practices.

Claims that use this term

• American Indian remains and artifacts lie buried across the United States
• American Indian children were forcibly re-racialized as white by removal and assimilation
• Hitler framed eastern conquest explicitly as emulation of American Indian genocide.