Who are American Indians? Are the terms Indian Americans and American Indians same?

American Indians are the native Americans whose ancestors where there before the Europeans arrived.

Indian Americans are those whose parents immigrated to America from India in recent times.

The term "American Indians" usually applies to Native Americans, descendents of the indigenous tribes of North and South America. The "Indian" part of the name comes from the fact that Christopher Columbus mistakenly believed he had found a route to Asia...a misconception he clung to until his death even when other navigators knew he he was wrong.

The phrase "Indian American" would most likely apply to somebody who was born in India and later moved to America, or perhaps to somebody whose recent ancestors were born in India. Indian Americans are not the same as Native Americans, or American Indians.

I hope that helps. Good luck!

American Indians or simply "Indians", you can refer them as Native Americans that are the indigenous peoples within the boundaries of the present-day United States, including those in Alaska and Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes and ethnic groups, many of which survive as intact political communities.

Indian Americans are citizens of the United States of Indian ancestry and comprise about 3.18 million people, or about 1.0% of the U.S. population, the country's third largest self-reported Asian ancestry group after Chinese Americans and Filipino Americans, according to American Community Survey of 2010 data.[1] The U.S. Census Bureau uses the term Asian Indian to avoid confusion with the indigenous peoples of the Americas commonly referred to as American Indians. People of Indian origin often prefer the term Desi to refer to the diasporic subculture of South Asians. Indian Americans are categorized as Asian Indian (and more broadly, Asian American) by the United States Census Bureau.