Gary suggested using,
> "American Indian" to refer to natives of the "lower 48" states,
> reserving "Native American" as a more inclusive term, to refer to
> the indigenous people of all fifty states, including Natives of
> Alaska and Hawaii.
[ Actually, I was repeating a definition I heard at a recent conference
--Gary ]
If the USSR can reconstitute itself, maybe the time is ripe for the
Indian Nations to form a Commonwealth too, and declare an official
name change. Not only is there an opportunity to eliminate the
ambiguity of "Indian," but the parochialism of "American" (= U.S.A.)
as well.
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