US/Canadian Native American Identities: A Brief History and the Identity Dilemma

What is Native American? Does it mean that one is descended from the indigenous people who once lived 'peacefully' in North American before the Europeans invaded? Is this all that being a Native American means? As a 'minority ,' there is far more for a Native American to search for than just their roots. As a people who vary sub categorically within the term 'Native American,' there is much more than just one's own personal family history to cause one to feel displaced and lost and therefore give reason to search.
Native American identities can be defined by how indigenous peoples are viewed and how they view themselves. Few people know much about Native Americans crossing the United States/Canadian border. Some Native Americans lose their national identity because they feel they are from neither Canada nor United States; thus causing them to lose the meaning of their name: Native and American.
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