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Anon reconnects with nature (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 9 months ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Default_Defect@midwest.social 13 points 9 months ago (7 children)

Do they call themselves "Indians"?

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago

Many do, yes.

[–] Daxtron2@startrek.website 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I have a few friends who are Narragansett and they all call themselves Indians

[–] Patches@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I love the Narragansett

[–] Daxtron2@startrek.website 5 points 9 months ago

Yep that's the one, I live right near the brewery

[–] deus@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

According to CGP Grey, yes, they do.

[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

What do you mean they?! /s. Personally I don't like the term, but my status card does say "Indian and northern affairs", but at least if you go to the government site it mentions how "Indian" is not how many indigenous people want to be referred to as. Why do they not change it? Good question, I'd assume legal stuff with the act or whatnot. But at least I prefer indigenous.

[–] Default_Defect@midwest.social 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I can't say I personally know many Indigenous people, but the few I do would often refer to themselves as "a cherokee" or as part of the insert here tribe. Based on the other comments it seems like that isn't as typical as I thought.

[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

From what I gather, that seems more common in the US. But I don't really know, just got that sense from media and such.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

My guess as to why they don’t change it is COBOL

[–] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

A majority of them I knew growing up in Oklahoma did, but that was in the 90s, I have no idea if that is still a typical thing.

[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago

Yeah, the older people still say stuff like "come over here and talk Indian with me". But it seems like most of the younger people will either say their native, or name a specific tribe.

[–] Squirrel@thelemmy.club 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I grew up being told to say "native American", so it really threw me when I went to the Smithsonian recently and saw the "American Indian" museum.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

A museum museum would be kind of cool. Just a bunch of VR headsets where you can visit museums that no longer exist.