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Jennifer Raff

“this usage is generally an attempt to avoid the term Indian, which was coined by Christopher Columbus in a vain attempt to support his initial claim that he had arrived in India.”

Jennifer Raff, Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas
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Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas by Jennifer Raff
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