Do you know any Native Americans?

[imported_Tomato]

If so, are they offended by being referred to as "Indians"?

Two of my Native friends are VERY much against being referred to as "Indians" and take it as a racist insult. The other refers to himself as American Indian.

 

[SackOfAllTrades]

my friends didn't mind being called "indian". i think with most of my friends, it's ok to call them something that might seem derogatory (once in a while) as long as you aren't using a hateful or stupid context.

btw, none of my friends were native american

 

[LOLyourFace]

so a natural question to ask is:

why do native americans called indians? is it a mere coincidence? how about indians from india

 

[Maverick]

they should be against being called Indians...because they're not Indian. Christopher Columbus was a moron.

 

[imported_Tomato]

Originally posted by: LOLyourFace
so a natural question to ask is:

why do native americans called indians? is it a mere coincidence? how about indians from india

I think Columbus referred to the Natives as "Indians" first, because he thought he'd landed in India.

 

[Ausm]

Where I live there is one every five feet 😉 I just call them by thier first name.


Ausm

 

[imported_Tomato]

Originally posted by: Shiva112
they should be against being called Indians...because they're not Indian. Christopher Columbus was a moron.

Roger that.

 

[GnomeCop]

I get my indian friends all mixed up, feather AND dot.

 

[imported_Tomato]

Originally posted by: ausm
Where I live there is one every five feet 😉 I just call them by thier first name.


Ausm

Really? Do you live on a reservation?

 

[Ausm]

Originally posted by: Dezign

Originally posted by: ausm
Where I live there is one every five feet 😉 I just call them by thier first name.


Ausm

Really? Do you live on a reservation?

Negative

I live 5 miles away from one of the largest Winnebago Indian run casinos in the Midwest.

Ausm

 

[imported_Tomato]

Originally posted by: ausm

Originally posted by: Dezign

Originally posted by: ausm
Where I live there is one every five feet 😉 I just call them by thier first name.


Ausm

Really? Do you live on a reservation?

Negative

I live 5 miles away from one of the largest Winnebago Indian run casinos in the Midwest.

Ausm

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, okay... that makes sense. 🙂 Gamble much?

 

[SackOfAllTrades]

Originally posted by: ausm

Originally posted by: Dezign

Originally posted by: ausm
Where I live there is one every five feet 😉 I just call them by thier first name.


Ausm

Really? Do you live on a reservation?

Negative

I live 5 miles away from one of the largest Winnebago Indian run casinos in the Midwest.

Ausm

wtf? A casino...made out of Winnebagos?....8===D~~......

 

[whaleskinrug]

My SO is part Cherokee and identifies himself as "Native American". I don't think the term Indian offends him, but as we typically use that here to refer to East Indians, it would be confusing.

 

[Colt45]

there is probably 50:1 (or higher) ratio of native americans to indian indians here, (they are most prevalent non-white race in my city) so typically indian means native american, and 'east indian' means indian with blood roots to india.

indian is supposed to be non-pc now though, but i never was all that PC.

 

[Ausm]

Originally posted by: Dezign

Originally posted by: ausm

Originally posted by: Dezign

Originally posted by: ausm
Where I live there is one every five feet 😉 I just call them by thier first name.


Ausm

Really? Do you live on a reservation?

Negative

I live 5 miles away from one of the largest Winnebago Indian run casinos in the Midwest.

Ausm

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, okay... that makes sense. 🙂 Gamble much?

Negative but I do know quite a few people who lost at leat 50K or more there.

Ausm

 

[Ranger X]

If I knew any, I'd smoke the peace pipe with them. 😉

 

[GroundZero]

have a quite few indian friends,
some we referr to as jackass
some as dumbass
then there is jim and joe and jack
fallingbeer and runningbear and marcus twofeathers
most of them refer to each other as brother or beloved patriot or muck
and haven't really noticed any of them get offended to being called an indian.

 

[imported_Tomato]

Originally posted by: Ranger X
If I knew any, I'd smoke the peace pipe with them. 😉

I'd smoke the peace pipe of a Native cutie I'm talking to now. 😉

 

[Amused]

I'm native American. Born and raised here.

 

[moshquerade]

Cowboys don't like being called cowboys either.

 

[imported_Tomato]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
Cowboys don't like being called cowboys either.

What do they prefer being called?

 

[SackOfAllTrades]

Originally posted by: Dezign

Originally posted by: moshquerade
Cowboys don't like being called cowboys either.

What do they prefer being called?

metrosexual

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Dezign

Originally posted by: Ranger X
If I knew any, I'd smoke the peace pipe with them. 😉

I'd smoke the peace pipe of a Native cutie I'm talking to now. 😉

:Q:Q

Pics? 😉

Oh, and yes.. I do. My girlfriend is from the Olympic Peninsula, there are many Natives up that way.

 

[SilentZero]

My grandmother was Mohawk. She always hated the name "indian".

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: Amused
I'm native American. Born and raised here.

Wow, me too. What a coincidence.