“Native American”
Always capitalized.
I’m native American. No hyphen, no ethnic descriptors. None of my ancestors tried to murder white Christian settlers to intimidate them from settling empty land. But he’s the Always Capitalized Native American?
I never understood why “Native American” replaced “Indian” to refer to certain groups of people. It’s not really an accurate term, because all of us born in America are native American people.
And there is confusion too, with Indians from India. I work for a company founded by Indians, from India. Whenever I tell people I work for a company founded by Indians, I always have to clarify they are Indians from India, as opposed to American Indians.
Sometimes Russell Means makes a lot of sense. Like one time he said anyone born here is a Native American.