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Date Posted: 13:48:44 07/12/02 Fri
Author: delilah
Subject: Re: Just wondering
In reply to: Laura 's message, "Just wondering" on 05:14:41 07/10/02 Wed

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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