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| ], which is independent of race, is the only '']'' category, as opposed to racial category, which is officially collated by the ]. The distinction made by government agencies for those within the population of any official race category, including ''American Indian or Alaskan Native'', is between those who report ] backgrounds and all others who do not. In the case of American Indians and Alaskan Natives, these two groups are respectively termed '''Hispanic Amerindians/Hispanic Native Americans''' and '''non-Hispanic Amerindians/non-Hispanic Native Americans''', the former being those who report ] ethnicity as well as a Hispanic ancestral background (] and ]), and the latter consisting of an ethnically diverse collection of all others who are classified as Native American/American Indian or Alaskan Native that do not report Hispanic backgrounds. | ], which is independent of race, is the only '']'' category, as opposed to racial category, which is officially collated by the ]. The distinction made by government agencies for those within the population of any official race category, including ''American Indian or Alaskan Native'', is between those who report ] backgrounds and all others who do not. In the case of American Indians and Alaskan Natives, these two groups are respectively termed '''Hispanic Amerindians/Hispanic Native Americans''' and '''non-Hispanic Amerindians/non-Hispanic Native Americans''', the former being those who report ] ethnicity as well as a Hispanic ancestral background (] and ]), and the latter consisting of an ethnically diverse collection of all others who are classified as Native American/American Indian or Alaskan Native that do not report Hispanic backgrounds. | ||
| ===Controversy=== | |||
| The term ''Latino'' is rejected by some, for various reasons. It is rejected by some indigenists who state that ] 'Latinos' are disappropriated from their Native American origins and histories by the application of what they consider a ], ] term<ref></ref><ref name="mexica">{{Cite web | |||
| | url=http://www.mexica-movement.org/ | |||
| | title=Mexica Movement | |||
| | accessdate=2007-07-15 | |||
| | publisher=Mexica Movement | |||
| }}</ref> | |||
| that improperly associates people of different races, i.e. associating both the ] colonizers and the indigenous inhabitants, especially the descendants of both groups, as the same ethnic group.<ref name = "mexica movement">{{cite web | |||
| | url = http://www.mexica-movement.org/timexihcah/thecrime.htm | |||
| | title = The Crimes of Hispanic and Latino Racist Labels: Everything You Need To Know About The Racism Of Hispanic And Latino Labels as Applied to People of Mexican and “Central American” Descent | |||
| | author = Tezcatlipoca, Olin | |||
| |date=2003-08-13 | |||
| | accessdate = 2007-03-18 | |||
| }}</ref><ref name="indigenous">{{Cite web | |||
| | url=http://www.indigenouspeople.net/taino.htm | |||
| | title=The Taino People: A Jatibonicu' Taino History in Puerto Rico & New Jersey | |||
| | accessdate=2007-07-15 | |||
| | year=June 8, 2004 | |||
| | publisher=indigenouspeople.net | |||
| }}</ref> | |||
| ] | ] | ||
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Ethnic group File:Victorio.jpgGeronimo • Victorio   | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
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| Southwestern United States • Southeastern United States | |
| Languages | |
| American English • Spanish • Indigenous languages | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (predominantly Roman Catholicism with Protestantism), Native American Church, Aztec religion, Maya religion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Indigenous peoples · Mestizos • Zambos · Latin Americans · other Hispanic groups |
In the United States, a Hispanic Amerindian or Hispanic Native American (Spanish: Hispanoamerindio, literally, "Hispanic Amerindian") is an American citizen or resident who is officially classified by the United States Census Bureau, Office of Management and Budget and other U.S. government agencies as an American Indian or Alaskan Native of Hispanic heritage. American Indian or Alaskan Native, an official U.S. racial category legally refers to people having "origins in any of the indigenous peoples of the Americas residing in the United States".White Hispanics with brown complexion and darker hair and mestizos with more caucasian features, brown complexion, and darker hair may be considered Hispanic Amerindian by mistake as mestizos with more Caucasian features and white complexion may be considered as white Hispanics.
Hispanicity, which is independent of race, is the only ethnic category, as opposed to racial category, which is officially collated by the U.S. Census Bureau. The distinction made by government agencies for those within the population of any official race category, including American Indian or Alaskan Native, is between those who report Hispanic backgrounds and all others who do not. In the case of American Indians and Alaskan Natives, these two groups are respectively termed Hispanic Amerindians/Hispanic Native Americans and non-Hispanic Amerindians/non-Hispanic Native Americans, the former being those who report indigenous American ethnicity as well as a Hispanic ancestral background (Spain and Hispanic Latin America), and the latter consisting of an ethnically diverse collection of all others who are classified as Native American/American Indian or Alaskan Native that do not report Hispanic backgrounds.
Controversy
The term Latino is rejected by some, for various reasons. It is rejected by some indigenists who state that Native American 'Latinos' are disappropriated from their Native American origins and histories by the application of what they consider a racist, Eurocentric term that improperly associates people of different races, i.e. associating both the Spanish colonizers and the indigenous inhabitants, especially the descendants of both groups, as the same ethnic group.
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- "HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN BY RACE - Universe: TOTAL POPULATION". 2007 American Community Survey. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
- U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division,
Social & Demographic Statistics. "U.S. Census Bureau Guidance on the Presentation and Comparison of Race and Hispanic Origin Data". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-03-29.
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Social & Demographic Statistics. "U.S. Census Bureau Guidance on the Presentation and Comparison of Race and Hispanic Origin Data". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-03-29.
{{cite web}}: line feed character in|first=at position 21 (help); line feed character in|title=at position 35 (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - "2000 Census of Population, Public Law 94-171 Redistricting Data File: Race". U.S. Census Bureau.
- Indigenous Peoples Literature
- "Mexica Movement". Mexica Movement. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
- Tezcatlipoca, Olin (2003-08-13). "The Crimes of Hispanic and Latino Racist Labels: Everything You Need To Know About The Racism Of Hispanic And Latino Labels as Applied to People of Mexican and "Central American" Descent". Retrieved 2007-03-18.
- "The Taino People: A Jatibonicu' Taino History in Puerto Rico & New Jersey". indigenouspeople.net. June 8, 2004. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
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