relation b/w Indians to American Indians?

[bspkumar]

I have came across the terms "American Indians" "Indian wars" in America, French-Indian

wars in America.

I would like to know if native Indians has any racial relations to native Americans. I think

Christopher Columbus mistaken America as India?

And I would like to know the truth about the following:

"DNA tests indicate native Americans have 5 DNA haplogroups (A,B,C,D & X). All but

haplogroup X are indeed found in east Asia to some degree. Haplogroup X is not found in

East Asia, but is found in Western Europe."

The above information is very important for me.

Thank you.

[jno]

I think the usual theory is that America was populated by people from Asia (they came across when Alaska was still linked by land to Russia), though there's some question about when. I don't know anything about DNA groups that point to Europe, though.

More broadly, yes, native Americans were called Indians not because Columbus knew anything about their DNA but because he thought he'd reached Asia. They're more likely to be called 'native Americans' these days, which is more correct.

[Clanad]

...Or more especially by their tribal names and the closer to the original tongue is even better.
For example, here in the western U.S., I work with the Northern Cheyenne on history projects relating to their tribe. The name Cheyenne is a corruption of Chien a French-Canadian word for dog. (It related to one of the warrior societies within the tribe which was well known for its ferocity, the Dog Soldiers. However, they refer to themselves as Tsi-Tsi Tas, spoken with an uplift at the end and a difficlut to emulate, rather rolling guturral sound in the middle. As is almost entirely universal with North American tribes and bands, all of the names which they use translate to The People or more accurately The Real People...

For a dyed in the wool Brit, jno is reliably knowledgeable concerning things American...

[jno]

well, I certainly didn't know about chien/Cheyenne. The world is so full of intriguing information.

[heathfield]

There's a possibility that Europeans arrived first in the Americas, around 20,000 years ago, which is before the Asian migrations are reckoned to have taken place. If so, then this could account for the European DNA. Have a look here
There are many websites that discuss this possibility - just search Google for Solutreans