Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This post reminds me of the fact that during the 14 years of living in the US, during which time we had several black friends and co-workers, I never, not once, heard any of them referring to themselves as "African-American". That PC expression is heard on TV, in speeches and the like, but I have never met an ordinary person who used it. Nathan Phil Swango wrote: > Jeffery Smith wrote: > Indian Island?! I hope the Native Americans don't find out what you named > that island! > =========================== > > Jeffery, I wrote "Indian land," not "island." I meant that gambling > is only > allowed on reservations Around here the word "Indian" is still > widely used > among the tribes and is interchangeable with "Native American." > Yesterday I > saw a bumper sticker that read "Indian and proud of it." A lot of > official > terminology retains the "Indian" reference too (Indian Health Service, > Bureau of Indian Affairs, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, Southwestern > Indian > Polytechnic Institute, etc.). I've worked as a consultant to the Navajo > area office of the Indian Health Service and have had quite a few > discussions about this, both with Natives and non-Natives. > > Right now as I'm typing this I hear a radio commercial for the Indian > Pueblo > Cultural Center. And right off the Santa Fe Plaza you'll see the > "Museum of > the American Indian." > > A few years ago I was visiting the Jemez Pueblo and even saw some > Jemez men > wearing Washington Redskin hats and t-shirts, so go figure. ;-) > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands Opportunistic Image Acquisition General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com and http://www.greatpix.eu Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUY DANISH PRODUCTS!