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List of Indigenous people of the Americas

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This is a list of notable indigenous people of the Americas.

North America

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Canada

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

Greenland

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Mexico

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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

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Central America

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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

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Guatemala

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Nicaragua

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South America

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Alejandro Toledo, Ex-President of Peru

Bolivia

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Brazil

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Chile

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Colombia

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Ecuador

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Peru

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See also

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Notes

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