The word Indian is for people from the country of India. The word indigenous is used to describe native peoples of the land who lived there before the arrival of colonizers.

However, some people use "Indian" for indigenous people. It is not correct, but people do it anyway - this is because the earliest European colonizers of the Americas mistakenly called the native people "Indians."

Members of the indigenous peoples of the United States can be called Native Americans.

You can read more about the history of names for native peoples here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native American name controversy

Ideas to Improve your Life

Rather than think

Dont think about things you cant change namely what has happened and thoughts of other people or unhappy things because these are disempowering.Instead focus on the things you can action upon. Thats the most constructive thing you can do in any situation.