Rep. Eli Crane used the derogatory phrase in describing his proposed amendment to a military bill. Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty asked that his words be stricken from the record.

  • @YoBuckStopsHere
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    01 year ago

    I’ve only ever seen non-Native Americans say such things. Indian is an excepted term and is included in the name of most organizations Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Education, Indian Health Services, National Indian Gaming Commission, Indian Claims Commission, National Museum of the American Indian, and the official national title for the various tribes is called the American Indian Nations. So no, indigenous people is not the correct terminology unless you are not an actual member of a tribe.

    • @[email protected]
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      31 year ago

      I’ve only ever seen non-Native Americans say such things.

      Interesting.

      Indian is an excepted term and is included in the name of most organizations Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Education, Indian Health Services, National Indian Gaming Commission, Indian Claims Commission, National Museum of the American Indian, and the official national title for the various tribes is called the American Indian Nations.

      Who came up with the names of all of these entities?