Was the 1st person to see Native people Jacques Cartier?

?? And was he the 1st person to go past Newfoundland|||How are you defining "native people"? Did you ever hear of Christopher Columbus? How about Leif Ericson? Amerindian people had contact with Europeans long before Cartier. Yes, Cartier explored the St. Lawrence River area past Quebec, initially looking for the Northwest Passage. Check the links.