Native American

Native American refers to the indigenous inhabitants of pre-Columbian North America and South America. Originally, they were called Indians - so named because Italian explorer Christopher Columbus named them as such because he thought he was in the East Indies. Dumbass. The term "Indian", and its Americanized diminutive form, "Injun", was commonly used in the 18th to late 20th centuries. People eventually stopped calling them that and began calling them Native Americans. This wasn't good enough though. They then went on to become Indigenous peoples of the Americas. That's quite a mouthful though, isn't it.

Popular fiction in gender seems to suffer from what we shall refer to as "Magical Indian" syndrome, which is a culturally specific variation of the "Magical Negro" stock character archetype. Because Americans feel a collective guilt over nearly wiping them all out a bunch of years back, white guilt has forced them to always portray Native Americans in a positive, if albeit discriminatory fashion. In such cases, the Native American in question is always wise, stoic and more insightful than any of the main characters. His presence is there to help guide the course of the character's lives for good or for ill.