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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 It’s outdated.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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MaryJanine · 61-69, F

I do. My brother-in-law is half-Cherokee Indian (HIS father was a full-blooded chief). He has two grown sons who are one-fourth Cherokee.

Outdated? Wrong? My Aunt FANNY! I am ignorant enough to be PROUD of having Native American/Indian blood in my family tree! Incorrect? Jesus on the road on Easter morning!!

Indians are Indians. There are countless Westerns on the TV and movies every day. They aren't politically incorrect with braves and warriors all over the place.

My nephews and brother-in-law don't deny their heritage, and neither should we. They are a proud, dignified people, and so should WE be.

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PerchingDove · F

@MaryJanine It is incorrect and it is outdated. Just because you’re so used to using it doesn’t mean it isn’t.

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@MaryJanine do you know which tribe of Cherokee? There are several. My grandma’s ancestors were not on the Trail of Tears but they settled in Western Arkansas. Ketoowah

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@PerchingDove You wanna come and preach that to the Indians in Oklahoma? They’ll laugh at you for that and tell you to get out.

PerchingDove · F

@cherokeepatti Even if they did, that’d be fine, because they’d still be wrong. Argumentum ad populum, look it up.

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@PerchingDove we don’t let other people define us or tell us who we are

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PerchingDove · F

@cherokeepatti Good for you. And the few of us who know what’s right aren’t going to stop working towards change.

PerchingDove · F

@PainfulTruth I’m not upset, all I’m doing is pointing something that’s wrong. People’s ignorance doesn’t upset me, especially when they are old.

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@PerchingDove this is the kind of crap Indians hate. Outsiders coming in telling them the rules.

PerchingDove · F

@cherokeepatti I’m “Indian” too, actually. Guess you missed that.

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@PerchingDove Don’t be coming down here stirring it up, we don’t like that.

PerchingDove · F

@cherokeepatti Did you just tell me what to do? I thought you hated people doing that?

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@PerchingDove When you overstep your boundaries and tell us what to do that is called for.

PerchingDove · F

@cherokeepatti How is you telling people where they can and can’t go not overstepping boundaries? Seems a lot worse than telling people not to use a certain term.

MaryJanine · 61-69, F

@PerchingDove And just because I use it doesn't exist? Sorry. I know what I know and I know my brother-in-law and the boys are all part Cherokee and who my sister married.

Just because YOU want to be politically correct, be whatever you please. "Politically correct" is becoming an overused phrase that means nothing lately.It is a sore excuse for anyone who thinks they are right and everyone else is wrong. People have the right to think and be different. That goes for you and for me and every other human being.

MaryJanine · 61-69, F

@cherokeepatti I'M WITH YOU!

PerchingDove · F

@MaryJanine Yours and your fellow older people defending it all have the same argument: You’ve always used that word and you know a lot of people who do. But argumentum ad populum is not a valid argument. Neither is complaining about how overly PC everything is nowadays, which I can agree with to a point, but this is one thing that I would like to see changed. Because it is wrong, there’s no dispute about it. You’re free to think differently, but your mindset on this topic is always going to be wrong no matter how much you try to argue that it’s not.

MaryJanine · 61-69, F

@PerchingDove Don't make fun of my SW friends (a longtime one dating back t0 EP) or what you don't fully understand. Neither is "politically correct".

PerchingDove · F

@MaryJanine I’m not making fun of anyone! The worst I said to any of you was that you’re wrong. You guys are the ones ganging up on someone like children and talking down to me because of my age. You’re the one who doesn’t fully understand something, you’re just too stubborn to admit. You and your gang here.

MaryJanine · 61-69, F

@cherokeepatti My education for the day. No, not for certain. Rick (my brother-in-law) is living in Cherokee, North Carolina, in land on the western side of the mountains that his father owned. I know they are living in "tribal community" status, but they lived for several years in Illinois and grew up here.

MaryJanine · 61-69, F

@PerchingDove And just because YOU say what you think is PC doesn't make it so. What do you call the Chicago Blackhawks? The Atlanta Braves? They aren't changing names or designations to satisfy folks like you.

PerchingDove · F

@MaryJanine It's not about what I think. "Indian" refers to people from India. Is that wrong? You just don't get it.

MaryJanine · 61-69, F

@PerchingDove And neither do you. You are a person who says "My way or the highway" in everything you say and hide behind that shopworn "politically correct" label.

PerchingDove · F

@MaryJanine This isn't going anywhere and I know you and your old crone gang are going to be stubborn to the bitter end. With that, I'm done.

MaryJanine · 61-69, F

@PerchingDove I'm not an old crone. Age is only a NUMBER on the calendar. I don't stir potions or sell apples on a street corner. I live in a decent apartment building and pay my rent and bills and buy groceries like everybody else,

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