I object to the term "Native American"

[FrostyBoy]

Originally posted by Dis
ghandians or something. . But yes that can be confusing.

I agree, something would be a good name for them.

The Somethings!

[notyoueither]

Re: Re: I object to the term "Native American"

Originally posted by Sn00py


Then no one on the planet would have a nationality.

Why?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Actually, North American Indians themselves tend to prefer "Indian" to "Native American."

But the obvious thing is to refer to people by their actual nationality -- Hopi, Cree, Iroquis, etc. When people ask her about her ancestry, my daughter doesn't say her family is European; they were Ukranian on her dad's side and Italian, Irish, and German-Jewish on her mother's. Why should it be any different for Indians?

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly
Actually, North American Indians themselves tend to prefer "Indian" to "Native American."

Well, they really need to stop

[Wycoff]

Originally posted by Dis


yeah I think we should call people from India something else.

ghandians or something. . But yes that can be confusing.

It's easy. Native Americans are Scalping Indians and sub-Continental Indians are Dot Head Indians.

[Barnabas]

I believe indians should stop calling themselves indians since the indus river no longer runs thru their country,

Easy solution to this problem

Pakistan remains Pakistan

We rename Indians and start calling them Gangetians

And indians from the americas keep the name indians

:P

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by Brachy-Pride
I believe indians should stop calling themselves indians since the indus river no longer runs thru their country,

Wrong.
Try again, Mr. "Bolivar"

[Imran Siddiqui]

He probably considers Jammu & Kashmir to be disputed territory and not really in the province of either country, Pakistan or India.

[Nubclear]

Oh. Too bad he's wrong

[Dis]

Originally posted by Brachy-Pride
I believe indians should stop calling themselves indians since the indus river no longer runs thru their country,

Easy solution to this problem

Pakistan remains Pakistan

We rename Indians and start calling them Gangetians

And indians from the americas keep the name indians

:P

[Impaler[WrG]]

Indiginous-Americans perhaps

Also I think the Indian will incressingly be aplied to real Indians as the amount of contact, trade, travel between India and the US incresses. Already if your talking in a Information technology setting people will automaticaly assume Indian referes to someone from India.

Localy in Tuscons Arizona their are two prominent Tribes the Packo-Yaki who have a small reservation on the edge of town with Casinos ofcorse. The other Tribe the Tohono-Otudum have a sparsly populated but huge (size of Conneticut) reservation located directly on the Mexican border, illegal migrants passing through their reservation is a major issue for them.

[Pekka]

This is my first reply so my presence is established.. now.

UMmmm.. I object all the terms for indians that are currently used. I propose we start calling them red devils.

[Jon Miller]

Indians from the asian subcontinent or indians from the americas?

JM

[Pekka]

Americas. Indians from the _Indian_ subcontinent are Indians. So they can be called Indians. Americans? Red devils.

[Tattila the Hun]

Just call them "people", I think they use that term...