On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 4:56 PM, Gary Moody<gmoody@gmx.net> wrote:
> We prefer the term "Native Americans". "Indians" was a term foisted on the indigenous people of the Americas by Columbus when he thought he had actually landed in India, as he was looking for a new spice trade route.
>
Actually, I had a friend--full-blood, Poarch-Creek Indian. who
preferred to be called "American Indian" vs. "native American." I
never bothered asking him why.
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