partially overlaps Indigenous American ancestry ethnicity category Native American nativos Indigenous Peoples pueblos originarios Some of these terms may be outdated or only used regionally. The term indio is an outdated and possibly offensive term that is outdated and should be avoided. pueblos indígenas Native Peoples First Peoples American Indian First Nations General term that refers to Indigenous Americans in North, Central, and South America, without any reference to validated genetic ancestry information. Synonyms include historical and contemporary terms that are in use in parts of North American and Spanish and Portuguese speaking regions of North and South America by some Indigenous populations to describe themselves, and local and national governmental institutions.