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RE: (erielack) What shoulda been

ok - how we got on this is confsing but - the casino in upstate NY has the redmen lounge; my sister in law in OK says she is a indian - not native american, refers to others from the cherokee tribe as indians. Maybe the politians like native american but many use the term indian. And OK is a state with many indian rights and my brother in law is certified surveror for indian claims for lands. EOS!!!

Jim Crump


- --- On Mon, 2/2/09, Paul Brezicki <doctorpb_@_bellsouth.net> wrote:

> From: Paul Brezicki <doctorpb_@_bellsouth.net>
> Subject: RE: (erielack) What shoulda been
> To: "EL Mailing List" <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>, "Schuyler Larrabee" <schuyler.larrabee@verizon.net>
> Date: Monday, February 2, 2009, 7:25 AM
> Schuyler, OTOH, I wouldn't call myself particularly PC,
> but in this case IMO, "Native American" is the
> preferred term because it is accurate, not because
> "Indian" is necessarily offensive. The latter name
> originated with Columbus who thought he had dissembarked in
> the East Indies, and although we're dealing with 500
> years of tradition, it's never too late to correct an
> error. Today the term still causes confusion, because to
> most of the world, an Indian is a native of India.
> 
> Paul B
> 
> From: "Schuyler Larrabee"
> <schuyler.larrabee_@_verizon.net>
> Subject: RE: (erielack) What shoulda been
> 
> Paul, after working on a project that involved the North
> American Indian Council of Boston, and
> having them constantly refer to themselves as
> "Indians," I have no compunction about using the
> term
> "Indian."  Furthermore, after asking them about
> the occasional dust-up about the Cleveland Indians,
> and the Washington Redskins, I have no trouble with those
> either.  I'm about as left-ish as anybody
> you're going to find (Massachusetts is nearly liberal
> enough for me), and I am very careful about
> "women" vs "girls," and so on, but when
> REAL American Indians don't take offense, I don't
> see why I
> should either.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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