do you find it offensive when someone or polticians refer to you as an indian?
2006-08-16 05:28:28 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
I am Cherokee. The name Indian was given to us by those who first settled here. When the name was first given to us it was but a name, with out conotation or meaning other than a name. The name has been around for a few hundred years now. Why do we have to find ways to cause problems. The term is not degoratory by those who use it. It is a name with a proud history behind it. A fight for our lands and tribes.
Most now call us Native Americans. Why should we use the term Americans, since it was this country who killed our people and stole our land? At least the name Indian does not stand for a country who did us so much wrong.
2006-08-16 06:49:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not native american but I think that they should not be referred to as "indian"...
Usage Note: Assuming that he had reached India, Christopher Columbus called the people “Indians,” and the misnomer has stuck ever since.
So technically "Indian" is the wrong term. And it causes confusion between Native Americans and real Indians (from India)...And they really are "Native Americans" because they were here first (not Europeans).
2006-08-16 12:35:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know. I'm a Cherokee Native American. I'm not a Indian, Indians live in India.
2006-08-16 12:37:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, I am not Native American, but I don't like it when people call you Indians, either.
2006-08-16 12:33:49 · answer #4 · answered by dutchtwinky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im not a native american, but i live on a seneca / iriqouis reservation. in my experience, they prefer to be referred to according to their tribe (seneca, mohawk, etc) instead of "native american" or "indian"
PS... a phrase my Cherokee pastor uses is "first nation people"
2006-08-17 00:24:07 · answer #5 · answered by ppunk71 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry no ,because no can tell that I'am native American.I'am 4/5 .So know can tell
2006-08-16 12:36:17 · answer #6 · answered by ~One~Of~A~Kind~ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2006-08-16 12:38:21 · answer #7 · answered by cherrygurl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋