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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Btw "Indian" is frequently used by native americans to describe themselves.[/quote]

And the n word is used by blacks to describe themselves, but that doesn't make it less vulgar[/quote]

I'm interested to know you are, PP.  Pretty much anyone who has had any contact with Native Americans knows that "Indian" is a common term for self-reference (although the actual tribe is preferred). It is MUCH different than the n-word. "Native American" is arguably just as incorrect since it implies that America was always America and was just waiting there as America with its "Natives" waiting to be discovered.  [/quote]

Right. And "'Redskin" is a term of honor.  People in the DMV Shoulst refrain from sharing their "knowledge" of Native Americans. [/quote]

Again, curious if you know any Native Americans? In my experience "Indian" is acceptable.  As long as there are major publications using the term, my own enrolled tribal member law professor had no problem with teaching a course called "Federal Indian Law," and Russell Means called himself an American Indian, I'm not going to presume to lecture about not using the term Indian. If an individual person tells me they prefer to be called Native American, of course I'd use that instead. But all available evidence indicates that both terms are acceptable. [/quote]

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