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To: exDemMom

Hundreds of millions of Americans are “Native Americans”, as defined in the Constitution.

I think you probably meant American Indian.


22 posted on 04/16/2019 2:53:42 AM PDT by octex
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To: octex

The problem is that our language is inadequate to describe those whose ancestors immigrated before the European immigrants.

I do not care for the term “Indian” because there are many Indians whose culture and ethnicity are nothing like those whom I usually call “Native American.” Once Indians are naturalized or become citizens, aren’t they then “American Indians”? Aren’t their children who are born here “American Indians”? I tend to be biased towards Indians when I choose descriptive terms; I have an Indian employee and have known several Indians through the years, both native born and immigrant. I have met very few “Native Americans” and have never known one.

Oh, my ancestors have all been here since the 1600s. From my perspective, most people are recent arrivals.


24 posted on 04/16/2019 4:18:53 AM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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