[Aztlan] Aztlan Digest, Vol 38, Issue 10

[Bertram Perkel]

  It always catches my eye when the phrase "Native American Indian" is  
used by non-native americans when referring to the indigenous  
populations of the Americas. Currently, whenever these indigenous  
people have joined together to create something of their own, almost  
without exception they have called themselves "American Indians"----- 
witness the Museum of the American Indian in washington D.C., The  
American Indian Dance Company, etc. I can only wonder why "we" non- 
indigenous persons keep calling "them," the indigenous persons by a  
name that "they", left to their own devices do not use.
Bertram Perkel
bperkel29 at comcast.net



On Jan 12, 2009, at 5:55 PM, D. M. Urquidi wrote:

> Janice Van Cleve
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> Your post reminded me of Thanksgiving this year. I went to the HEB  
> get- together with a Native American Indian who had never gone before.
> What amazed her was that everyone sat down shoulder to shoulder with  
> all colors, nationalities, shapes and wheelchairs, in complete  
> harmony.
> She was awed by it and, over and over again repeated how wonderful  
> it was.
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> dea
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