Timeline for Why are Native/Indigenous Americans still called "American Indians" by the U.S. government?
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| Jun 2, 2018 at 7:59 | comment | added | ohwilleke♦ | While this reason isn't wrong, it understates the importance of the U.S. legal framework to what terminology is used by the U.S. government as noted in the answer by phoog. What American Indians/Native Americans want has rarely been the dominant force in U.S. policy towards this population. | |
| Jun 27, 2016 at 21:41 | comment | added | Joshua | No surprise really. Indian was never meant to be insulting, just an error. When I have occasion to be precise I would indeed use a tribe name (most commonly with Navajo -- go figure) but what other term is there for the behaviors of many tribes in a region? I retained Medicine Man despite its error (should be magic man) because the Indians translated it themselves. | |
| Jun 27, 2016 at 0:20 | comment | added | Lii | When I've spoken with American Indians and asked this, they've never had strong feelings on American Indian vs Native American, but if you add the option of their own tribe, they've always jumped on it as their preference. | |
| Feb 8, 2016 at 23:53 | vote | accept | Paraney | ||
| Feb 7, 2016 at 19:32 | history | answered | Paraney | CC BY-SA 3.0 |