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Originally Posted by kstar
Many of the tribes around here prefer the term Native American. They use it on their literature.
My friends and family that have tribal affiliations use the term Native American. OK even uses the term in their tourism literature.
Most Native Americans that I know take great offense to being called an "Indian," and the few Indians I know also don't like the term being used to refer to Native Americans.
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Well, all my family and friends with tribal affiliations call themselves "Indians" or "Natives" - not Native Americans. Mostly because they were here first, so they are not native to America - they are native to this land (their land). And the literature? If you're trying to get in some tourism dollars, you'll put whatever you think gets people interested.
And Indians from India?! They don't even speak English so why would they care about an English word being used in America? And if you are referring to immigrants, well that's just dumb. It's an English term for the first peoples in this land, and it was used long before people from India started coming here I'm sure.
/hijack
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