Just as the US we have gotten the wrong idea of the natives being "Indians" since the times of the discovery of the continent, as the discoverers believed they were seeing India.
And calling them "indians" persisted ever since, but yeah, it means Native Brazilians.
I suspect there is some etymology with ”indígeno” in Spanish (indigenous in English)… In Latin Spanish I believe they also say “los indios”. Kinda like how “malaria” comes from the Spanish “mal aire” (bad air) which was the explanation the Conquistadores came up with when their compatriots were falling ill in the New World.
Yeah, I suspected that but had to check since India and Brazil are very close and it would really be something if India's leaders came there to cheer on Bolsanaro!
It's a cultural thing, like in the US they call the native Leaders "Chief"(european title) instead of using the correct Native titles. In Brazil we do not use "Chief" but "Cacique" wich comes from natives tongues. (there are lots of native languages)
There were Indian leaders here? This is in Brazil right?
Yes.
Indian as in Native Indians or from the Indian subcontinent?
Just as the US we have gotten the wrong idea of the natives being "Indians" since the times of the discovery of the continent, as the discoverers believed they were seeing India.
And calling them "indians" persisted ever since, but yeah, it means Native Brazilians.
Just for fun
Indian = In Dios = of God
Not a bad thing
I suspect there is some etymology with ”indígeno” in Spanish (indigenous in English)… In Latin Spanish I believe they also say “los indios”. Kinda like how “malaria” comes from the Spanish “mal aire” (bad air) which was the explanation the Conquistadores came up with when their compatriots were falling ill in the New World.
Native indians, the original inhabitants.
Yes, a previous protest video of where they took out gang leaders had natives doing their dances in the streets.
Amazon Indians.
Native, many from the amazon.
We here in Brazil call our Native people Indios, as do the tribes themselves.
Yeah, I suspected that but had to check since India and Brazil are very close and it would really be something if India's leaders came there to cheer on Bolsanaro!
It's a cultural thing, like in the US they call the native Leaders "Chief"(european title) instead of using the correct Native titles. In Brazil we do not use "Chief" but "Cacique" wich comes from natives tongues. (there are lots of native languages)