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Fascinating Facts • American Indians did not become United States citizens until 1924 • There were once hundreds of groups of California Indians in California who spoke more than one hundred languages • The word Indian, the name for the people who lived in the Americas, came from a mistake In 1492 Christopher Columbus thought he had reached the East Indies, so he named the people “Indians.” American Indian Lives and Traditions by maureen blaney flietner Genre Nonfiction Text Features • Glossary • Captions • Headings Scott Foresman Social Studies ISBN 0-328-17499-8 ì