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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Aren’t people native to the place where they were born? 
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Not necessarily.

Most in the U.S. are occupiers.[/quote]

It depends on how you define native, of course. But since there are "Native Americans," it's weird to call yourself "native to America." I think people usually say "first generation immigrant" or "born the USA" or something like that if they want to say they were born in the US. [/quote]

There are American Indians or more properly, the specific tribe.  Of course most Americans are native to the U.S.  Where else would we be native to?  [/quote]

I think you can say that and be technically accurate, I just think it's a weird thing to say since Native American has a very specific meaning. Why would you even have to say "I'm native to America?" I say "I'm from the US," "Born in America," "seventh generation American," whatever. If I had to say I was "native," I'd say I was native to my region, so "native Georgian" or something. I still think it sounds weird and it's odd that people would insist on it. [/quote]

Ha I'm not 11:01, we just had the same idea I guess and they articulated it better. [/quote]

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