They have been in North America for at least 15,000 years. They are not immigrants since at the time, most if not all humans, were nomads. Nation states did not exist and neither did the concept of an immigrant.
Look at Europe as an example. A lot of the ethnic groups that settled in the areas where their corresponding nation states exist today, only 1,500 years ago when the Romans collapsed. But we certainly don't refer to them as immigrants.
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