Do you say that about europeans? They’re even less native.
BTW- indigenous or native simply means first.
Most of the world was populated by migrants from the Great Rift Valley in Africa, the cradle of mankind.
So the Dutch were first to the Cape. Does that make them native or indigenous?
He who frames the issue, wins the issue. We have created these classifications like native Americans to further the narrative that the land was stolen from its original owners. It is the language of social justice warriors. Illegal aliens are undocumented workers. You can define your gender or lack thereof using pronouns. The Orwellian use of language is a means of control.
Despite the fact that 85% of us were born in the US, the phony claim that we are a nation of immigrants is repeated over and over. What nation is not a nation of immigrants? What does being first mean? What is the area defined? A valley? A continent? The Indians didn't occupy every part of North and South America. And they were certainly not there originally. They migrated from Asia.
Definition of indigenous
1a : produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment indigenous plants the indigenous culture
b Indigenous or less commonly indigenous : of or relating to the earliest known inhabitants of a place and especially of a place that was colonized by a now-dominant group Indigenous peoples
2 : innate, inborn
Native
Definition of native (Entry 2 of 2)
1 : one born or reared in a particular place
2a : an original or indigenous inhabitant
b : something indigenous to a particular locality
3 : a local resident especially : a person who has always lived in a place as distinguished from a visitor or a temporary resident