To: adorno
Technically, they are still not "Indians". Sure they are, if they say so. (and they pronounce it Indan)
In fact, one well educated Lakota told me that the word came from "Indios"....which, he said, means "with God". He said; "I'd rather be with God, than a native American."
The term is properly "American Indian".
51 posted on
07/21/2020 9:26:00 PM PDT by
ROCKLOBSTER
(Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month".)
To: ROCKLOBSTER
“I was really, really happy and content to just sit there and let them talk back and forth,” Francona said.That sounds like a typical woke PC statement to me. 👎
58 posted on
07/21/2020 10:15:09 PM PDT by
Mark17
(Father of a US Air Force commissioned officer, and trained Air Force combat pilot. USAF RULES)
To: ROCKLOBSTER
The term is properly "American Indian".
The word "Indian" came from the mistaken belief by Christopher Columbus that he had landed in the country of India.
Therefore, no matter how the "American" natives pronounce it, or how they or anyone else justifies it, it's still not worth making a stinking deal about a name which they didn't know about before Columbus.
73 posted on
07/22/2020 5:14:06 AM PDT by
adorno
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