Native Americans is an American usage. They are a member of the
aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere with a few exceptions. The few exceptions are the Eskimos and the Aleuts.
The Native Americans are generall referred to as Indian art. This requires the outset of willingness to discard a long-standing preconceptions and judgments based on the evalution of the
Western art. The Indian art of the basic aesthetic tenets and artistic goals are different from other arts from the rest of the world. The Western criteria is an attempt to comprehend the Indian art, but this is not
going to happen. The Native Americans were recognized as two broad groups. The Native Americans were geographically divided into North American, Middle American, and South American Indian peoples. The Artic peoples consisted of the second group. The second group
was variously called the Eskimos or the Inuit. Other groups were called the Aleuts. The American Indian is also called Amerindian, Amerind, Indian, or Native American. These groups are members of the aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere. Exception of two groups and they are the Eskimos and the Aleuts.
Bolivia=4,283,200
Ecuador=3,340,000
Guatemala=4,200,000
Mexico=23,500,000 (roughly 29% of Mexico's population, and 49% of Latin America's Amerind population)
Peru=10,288,850
Argentina=197,500
Brazil=220,000
Colombia=500,000
Costa Rica=32,000
Chile=925,000
Salvador=293,000
Honduras=245,000
Nicaragua=152,000
Panama=126,480
Paraguay=66,662
Venezuela=331,929
Antilles=215,000
Guyana=38,367
Suriname=4,850
Acaxee=Northwest=Extinct
Amuzgo=Pacific Coast=25,000
Aztec Central/South=1,000,000
Chatino=Pacific Coast=21,000
Chinantec=South=63,000
Chocho'=South=2,500
Chol (Maya)=South=80,000
Chontal=South=60,000
Chuj (Maya)=South=16,000
Cochmimi=Northwest=Extinct
Cocopa=Northwest=900
Cora=Northwest=8,000
Cuicatec=South=16,000
Cuitlatec=South=Extinct
Huastec (Maya)=Gulf Coast=80,000
Huave=Isthmus Tehuantepec=20,000
Huichol=Northwest=8,000
Ixcatec=South=Nearly extinct
Jova=Northwest=Extinct
Jumanos=Northwest=Extinct
Kanjobal (Maya)=South=50,000
Kiliwa=Northwest=Nearly extinct
Lacandon (Maya)=South=200
Mam (Maya)=South=250,000
Masahua=Central=Unknown
Matlazinca=Central=2,200
Maya (Yucatec)=Southeast=540,000
Mayo=Northwest=30,000
Mazatec=South=108,000
Mixe=South=63,500
Mixtec=South=218,500
Opata=Northwest=Unknown
Otomi=Central=250,000
Papago=Northwest=Unknown
Pima=Northwest=1,000 +
Popoloca=South=23,500
Popoluca=Southeast=26,000
Seri=Northwest=400
Suma=Northwest=Extinct
Tarahumara=Northwest=53,000
Tarascan=Western=60,000
Teco (Maya)=South=5,000
Tepehuan=Northwest=19,000
Tipai=Northwest=600
Tlapanec (Maya)=South=40,000
Tojolobal (Maya)=South=14,000
Totonac=Gulf Coast=174,000
Trique=South=13,500
Tubar=Northwest=100
Tzeltal (Maya)=South=45,000
Tzotzil (Maya)=South=111,000
Tqui=Northwest=18,000
Zapotec=South=309,000
Zaque=South=5,352
