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Date Posted: 05:14:41 07/10/02 Wed
Author: Laura
Subject: Just wondering
Is it politically correct to refer to Native Americans as Indians? I have to start submitting drafts of chapters for my dissertation soon, and I don't want to be pulled up for using racist/ derogatory terms.
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Re: Just wondering -- LisaE, 10:48:43 07/10/02 Wed
I'm not totally sure, but I don't think it is.
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Re: Just wondering -- Jennifer, 11:44:35 07/10/02 Wed
My father-in-law works at a pharmacy on a reservation. I'll have him ask one of the natives and let you know! Honestly I am not sure!!
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I have an answer... -- Jennifer, 13:02:43 07/10/02 Wed
Laura - my father in law said that both terms are fine; however, depending on who you give the dissertation to, they may not like Indian. He said that there are some political groups of people who dislike the term Indian and prefer Native American. So if you feel the Professor (or whoever will review your work) is not of extreme political persuasion, go ahead and use Indian. But he said the actual Indians are okay with the use of that term. Hope this helps you.
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THANKS! -- Laura, 15:50:00 07/10/02 Wed
Thanks Jennifer. I'll ask what my departmental policy is about this. Of course it depends on who the external examiner is, and I have no way of knowing this, but I'll see what my supervisor says (she's a fairly prominant academic). As I'm in the UK, I can't see there being too much of a problem....
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Re: Just wondering -- delilah, 13:48:44 07/12/02 Fri
I wouldn't think it would be a problem there, but in the US I don't think Indian is appropriate.
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Re: Just wondering -- Anonymous, 18:03:30 07/13/02 Sat
To me, "Indian" should refer to someone from "India." So I always use Native American.
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Re: Just wondering -- Jennifer, 11:31:47 07/15/02 Mon
Well the Indians in the United States weren't originally from India. I wondered how they were termed that to begin with... Anyway, the Indians in San Diego don't mind Indian at all. As a matter of fact they even use Indian in their signs - such as Indian Reservation this way - and my father-in-law works at "Southern Indian Healh Care" which is on a reservation. I don't see Indian as a derrogatory term at all.
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Re: Just wondering -- Ann, 21:59:53 07/15/02 Mon
They were originally referred to as "Indians" because Columbus and his crews were trying to get to India (not knowing, of course, the america continents were in the way) and initially thought they had landed in India, thus thinking the people were Indians. Or at least that's how I learned it in grade school. :)
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I remember that now! LOL!!!! Thanks Ann :-) NT -- Jennifer, 10:34:45 07/16/02 Tue
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Re: Just wondering -- Kim, 14:23:42 07/15/02 Mon
Here in my part of Canada we use the terms Indian or First Nations. Of course there are exceptions, and some prefer to be called by name of the tribe (Peigan, Stony, etc). We just had the Calgary Stampede, and one of the huge drawing features at the Grounds was the 'Indian Village', complete with the teepees (which were actually used as on-site accomodation for the natives during the 10 days). It was just fabulous! My kids loved it.
I think as long as the speaker is respectful, and no insult is intended, then it's okay to use Indian, at least in this area of the province. My guess is that it really varies with the region and population. Heaven knows that there are those on the planet who can say a perfectly correct name/title and still be derogatory in their tone. Weren't we all created equal??!!
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