[rmh47]

Unless you are a native Indian, we are all descendents of immigrants or immigrants.

Native Indian? I believe the politically correct term is "Native-American."

Nevermind. It doesn't matter. There are no native Indians (at least not in the western hemisphere) or Native-Americans. Would you by any chance mean Siberian-Americans? Even the peoples who used to be called "Indians" are immigrants. They just got here first.

And given all the advantages the new world provided, they should have discovered the "old" world long before the time of Columbus. They should have been on the freakin' moon by 1000 A.D.!

Lesson to all young freepers: It ain't really "your" land unless you can hold on to it.

[MEG33]

Sorry I used the wrong term.

[Zipporah]

There are no native Indians ..you are exactly right.. A "nation of immigrants" could be said of every country in the world.

[MosesKnows]

There are no native Indians (at least not in the western hemisphere) or Native-Americans.

Once you recognize that logically all persons must be native to somewhere. That somewhere is where you are born. Anyone born in America is native to America and therefore a native American.

Many Americans have come to prefer Native American over Indian both as a term of respect and as a corrective to the famous misnomer bestowed on the peoples of the Americas by a geographically befuddled Columbus.

[JimRed]

Even the peoples who used to be called "Indians" are immigrants. They just got here first.

And, if they'd had a bigger defense budget, and closed their borders, they would still have the country.

[Ima Lurker]

HALLELUIAH!! I've been singing that song for years and it is wonderful to hear someone else acknowledge it too!