Waindio

Waindio au Wahindi wekundu ni watu wanaotokana moja kwa moja na waliokuwa wenyeji wa Amerika kabla ya bara hilo kufikiwa na Christopher Columbus kutoka Ulaya (1492).

Asili
Utafiti uliofanywa kwa muda mrefu na kwa njia mbalimbali umekadiria kwamba mababu wao walioenea katika Amerika yote wakitokea Asia kaskazini mashariki miaka 14,500 BK.

Inadhaniwa kwamba hao mababu waliishi muda mrefu na kuzaliana bila mawasiliano na binadamu wengine, labda katika eneo ambalo leo limefunikwa na maji kwenye mlangobahari wa Bering. Inakadiriwa DNA yao ilitokana na ile ya Waasia mashariki (2/3) na Waeurasia (1/3).

Baada ya kuingia bara hilo, ambalo ni la mwisho kukaliwa na watu (tukiacha Antaktiki), kwa karne chache walienea hadi kusini kabisa, kwenye Chile na Argentina ya leo. Katika kusambaa kwao, lugha na utamaduni vilizidi kutofautiana.

Hali ya sasa
Idadi yao inaweza kuwa milioni 60, wengi wao wakiishi Meksiko, Peru, Bolivia na Guatemala.

Hesabu hii haijumlishi machotara.

Tanbihi

Vyanzo

Woodhead, M. (1998). Children's perspectives on their working lives: A participatory study in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, the Philippines, Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua.

Gaskins, S. (2006). 13 The Cultural Organization of Yucatec Mayan Children's Social Interactions. Peer relationships in cultural context, 283.

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Marejeo mengine
Hamilton, Charles (ed) (1950). Cry of the Thunderbird; the American Indian's own story. New York: Macmillan Company

Viungo vya nje

 The Peopling of the American Continents, Early California History
 Indigenous Peoples in Brazil. Instituto Socioambiental (ISA)
 America's Stone Age explorers, PBS Nova
 A history of Native people of Canada - The Canadian Museum of Civilization''

Jamii:Amerika