A hispanic person told me that indians are the same as the spanish.?
961911
The Spanish sure did much to disseminate Indian cultures...BUTT... Indian peoples seem to have originated in Asia and not Spain. Today most South Americans, Caribbean and places like Australia seem to have large populations of Aborigine and Indian types.
520991
The Spanish and Portuguese.
298340
You mean, "Are Mexicans indigenous(sp?) to the Americas?" Yes, and no. The mexicans that are descendants of the Maya's and the Aztecs are. But, there are some Mexican's, like myself, that are of pure Spanish decent. There is a mixture though, now-a-days most Mexicans are mixed.
269714
The ethniticity can vary from country to country in places like Mexico, Central America and South America.  A frind of mine is from Argentina and she told me that many people who live there are either of Polish or Italian descent.  Etniticity many times depends on who the original occupiers were.  Spain as an example, had a lot of influence, Portugal did too, throughout South and Central America and Mexico.  As a result most natives have Spanish and or Potugese blood.  Mexicans have a Indian and Spanish blood line and probably most of the people from that part of the world do, as well.  You are right about blacks, but I can't  answer your question on how they came about in this region. I'm sure that question will be answered soon.  This medium has an incredible following along with some extremely intelligent responders.
33872
Yeah Nice answer.\n\nHe's an indian from the chipiwa tribe!!
941474
None of you are white! You Spaniards, Italians and Greeks are all brown, brown, brown!\n\nAnd, you, a Spaniard touting your "whiteness?" PLEASE! Look at your Moorish ancestors and say that again!\n\nSpain is not white. Maybe in its own eyes only!
805831
Each Nation has their own system of beliefs.  You'd do better to research them individually by Nation name (Cherokee, Navajo, etc.) and then look for similarities between all of them.
1062813
so how did you come to this conclusion. are you talking about native americans?
570983
I wonder if the original native Americans (Red Injuns as you called em) had a say in the matter when the whites from across the ocean invaded their country and all but exterminated them.\n\nYou, dear person are also a descendant of immigrants yourself, I'm sure, as are most of the white and black American folks replying to you, unless you are of Native American descent (which I am sure you would not be proud to proclaim, if you were). Even the guys who came over on the Mayflower, they initiated the unjustness by being the harbingers of terror that culminated in the annihilation of native Americans\n\nI wonder when the Caucasian will ever get over the white 'massa' superiority complex?\n\n\nAmerica has been drawing people from all over the world, right from the days of it's discovery as a land with the fabled pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. Give it some more time, you'll end up with an exodus of people, as is happening among the immigrants from India which is gaining from the Brain Gain as opposed to the earlier brain drain.\n\nI remember when my cousin migrated to the US in the seventies, people had similar complaints about the Indians.\n\nTh reverse is happening now, a number of western countries have their top people insisting on an India stint, and the Indians, well they wanna come back to their roots\n\nst\n====================================================\nManicman:\nGive them time to, well assimilate!, as did most American forefathers! Let them understand that this (taxes, education and stuff like that) would be good for them, if you try to drive em out and hound them and try all the racism, then you are just going to increase the hatred, and have them doing stuff  like propogating the Mexican flag. \n\nDon't you understand that if you corner anybody, that being is going to cry out for help, and that's what they are doing, making the world aware of their plight by waving the Mex flag and burning the Stars and Stripes? What better way to come on prime time news than this?
265222
Aah! Here we go again.....\n\n\nYou should make the same comment to the imperialist white men that came here and slaughtered the natives? If you lived during that time, would you have made the same statement to the white men about learning to speak the language of the local Native American Tribe.\n\nI often wonder why people insist that people speaking spanish should learn to speak english. \n\nIt is not their fault that YOU do not speak spanish. It is also NONE of your business what they are saying. The fact that you make the tired old comment of 'this is america, speak english' goes to show your level of intelligence.\n\nYou could fill a bottle cap with your knowledge. \n\nWhere you aware that the United States is filled with immigrants. Unless you are Native American, you have no business telling anyone that they should speak the language of this land. \n\nIf you were not monolingual, would you make the same comment. Did you know that in almost every other country, children are taught two languages.\n\nSo as a whole, most Americans are monolingual and have no room to tell anyone to learn another language.\n\nYou should learn how to speak mandarin becuase that soon will be the universal language.
1029665
OMG!! ^5 Finally someone sees what I see!! Yes its so true...there are other races besides Mexicans that can speak spanish.....Thank you ...You made my day!!!!!!
159186
mm they come from all over mexico. All mexicans aren't the same. So diverse. Adjectives are relative
827731
Check your history moron all this belonged to Spain and Mexico at one time so Spanish was spoken here long before you were a wet spot.
485062
FIRST THANK YOU. The Indians were not Native to America. Evolution has it that everyone came from Africa. do we know that as fact? No. But that is getting off the question. Thank you again for clarifying that Indians are not native.
582136
I just don't know if you are referring Latinos as a whole or to an specific group. I know that must people that were born south of the USA, may speak the same way because after all Spanish is their native tongue, so when they move to speak English they may have sort of similar accent. Let me tell you something, not all "Latinos" are the same, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Dominicans are very different to the rest of Latinamerica.  You don't say to an Irish he is British or to a Canadian he is American or to a Basque he is Spanish. Culture shouldn't be an excuse to do something wrong, when you are allowed into another country you should learn their customs and traditions. To say that because of my culture i do this or that, is just a lame excuse to avoid responsibility.
1020603
Have you ever heard of Charro? Then there is Jeff Garcia, fair complexion, red hair freckles....need I go on? As was pointed out, Spanish for Arroyo and like Charro a blonde. Latin Americans are Indian, or Indian and Spanish etc.
689620
Actually, this sounds like a case of jealousy to me.  This idiot wants to belittle anyone he can and you were the available target.  Know, however, that Indian slavery was unsuccessful and short-lived.  African slaves were unfamiliar with the area being shipped in from abroad.  Indian slaves knew the land and were able to escape from their slave master.