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The concept of America / American has always been a complicated one, fraught with misconceptions regarding where the geographical boundaries meet the more complex cultural boundaries of the region. First, we must recognize that the geographical area designated as the Americas, encompasses the regions now known as Canada, North America (United States), Central America, at times the Caribbean, and South America.
The first issue of controversy arises with the history written by the colonizers of these lands. The Americas were already richly populated with advanced societies and a multitude of …