American Indian

American Indians (or Native Americans) were an indigenous Human ethnic group who first inhabited the North, Central, and South American regions of Earth. () Those areas were heavily colonized by more technologically advanced Humans from other continents after the 15th century, leading to the destruction of many indigenous cultures. ()
== History ==
In the distant past, extraterrestrials known as the Sky Spirits came from the Delta Quadrant to Earth, where they genetically altered a group of primitive Humans. These inheritors carried a similar affinity to the land as the Sky Spirits and spread across the globe, giving rise to the Native American and Amazonian peoples, such as the Rubber Tree People. 
The Sky Spirits returned but eventually found no trace of any descendants. Descendants of the Rubber Tree People who had features of the Sky People's appearance, were still living on Earth in isolation in the Central American rain forest even in the 24th century, while another known descendant tribe, Chakotay's tribe, left Earth and lived with traditional values while maintaining contact with the modern galaxy. ()
Kukulkan, a benevolent alien being, visited the Mayans and influenced their architecture and agricultural development. Kukulkan was worshiped as a god by the Mayans who encountered him. Kukulkan gave them their remarkably accurate calendar and told them to build a city according to its cycles. On the date the city was finished, Kukulkan was supposed to return. The Mayans built their city, but Kukulkan never appeared, as they had only built parts of the design-they never finished the energy amplification system that was supposed to signal Kukulkan. Kukulkan was remembered in many Native American cultures, including the Aztec, Comanche, and Toltec peoples. ()
 
A group of alien anthropologists, called the Preservers, visited Earth several centuries before 2268. The Preservers transplanted a group of Native Americans, including people from the Delaware, Navajo, and Mohican tribes, to a class M planet where they were able to live undisturbed. ()
Davy Crockett was a celebrated "Indian fighter". ()
During the 20th century, the book A Pictorial History of the American Indian written by Oliver La Farge, cataloging the American Indians said history. ()
By the 2270s, Starfleet permitted Native Americans to express their culture as part of their uniforms. At the time of the V'ger threat, at least three Native Americans were among the crew of the . ()
One group of Native Americans left Earth in the mid-22nd century, dissatisfied with changing Terran attitudes towards nature. After two centuries of searching, they created a new colony on Dorvan V, although the system it was in was disputed ground. With the Federation-Cardassian Treaty, the planet was ceded to the Cardassians, and the was sent to relocate the tribe. The tribe decided to stay and leave the Federation. ()
== Culture ==
Scenes of Native American life, including tepees and a canoe, could be seen in the resetting time stream as the timeline realigned itself. ()
Native American tribes had traditions about displays of dominance, such as "counting coup," which were noted by Data when observing similar behaviors in the Ligonians. ()
Some Native American cultures experienced a resurgence in the 23rd and 24th centuries. They adapted to their times and circumstances – some tribes included alien species such as the Ferengi, Klingons, and Vulcans as totem spirits. ()
In 2374, Chakotay jokingly deduced that Seven of Nine had never assimilated any Indian scouts, based on her missing a set of footprints. ()
American Indians also had their own mythological beliefs. ()
=== American Indian tribes and cultures ===
* Amerind inhabitants
* Aztec
* Chakotay's tribe (unnamed)
* Comanche
* Delaware
* Hopi
* Mayan
* Mohican
* Navajo
* Nicarao
* Olmec
* Pueblo
* Rubber Tree People
* Toltec
== American Indian descendants ==
;Named:
* Anthwara
* Ce Acatl
* Chakotay
* Joe Falling Hawk
* Goro
* Katowa
* Kolopak
* Lakanta
* Lumo
* Miramanee
* Salish
* Wakasa
* Walking Bear
;Unnamed:
* Amerind inhabitants
* Dorvan V inhabitants
* Unspecified Maquis settlement planet in DMZ inhabitants
* Volan III inhabitants
== Ships with American Indians names ==
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* Algonquin
* USS Cayuga
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* USS Palenque
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* Sacajawea
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== American Indian planets ==
* Amerind
* Dorvan V
* an unnamed planet
== Appendices ==
=== Background information ===
At least two Native Americans have been seen to be a member of the Maquis (one unnamed and the other being Commander Chakotay).
Jamake Highwater served as a consultant on Native American culture to despite being of Eastern European Jewish background and heavily criticized by actual American Indians. (A Vision of the Future - Star Trek: Voyager, p.199)
In an interview with Robert Fletcher – published as part one of "The Star Trek Costumes", in the edition of Fantastic Films – the Shamin priests seen in were described as "like the society of America's western Indian civilizations", despite no apparent contact with travelers from Earth.
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