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Who even says “Indian” to describe Native Americans anymore?

One of my friends who is also native used that word to describe someone from a neighboring tribe and I genuinely thought he was talking about an Indian as in from India. No one says that for Native Americans anymore, at least not around here! It’s not only politically incorrect, but just plain incorrect. It’s outdated. He as a indigenous person should know that. Say indigenous or Native Americans, but don’t call us Indians anymore. It’s more offensive than being called “red” at this point. 😂

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Elessar · 26-30, M

All this mess because a guy from here thought he was actually in India when he landed there, iirc 🤔

4meAndyou · F

@Elessar That's all right...they are defacing his statues everywhere now...apparently blaming him for everything...Jesus, too. His statue was decapitated in Miami. It's all HIS fault...right?

PerchingDove · F

@4meAndyou Please don’t bring religion or politics into this. That’s really unnecessary.

4meAndyou · F

@PerchingDove If you thinks it's necessary to be snotty to your elders, as you mentioned below, and to lecture people about which words bother them and which don't, then it is YOU who are political.

PerchingDove · F

@4meAndyou Wtf are you even talking about? You have issues.

Elessar · 26-30, M

@4meAndyou Well, whereas I don't agree with the damage of statues or even less the oppression of peoples, I wasn't trying to turn this into a political matter, mine is just a light-hearted comment on the origin of the "Indian" term to improperly refer to Native Americans. It was another guy still from here, Amerigo Vespucci, who realised to be in a new continent, and whom the continent was named after, if my memory isn't wrong.