I'm going to anger some people but here I go anyway. I don't like being called indigenous just call me native american.

Indigenous makes me sound primitive. I am NOT primitive. But hey aren't you mixed? Yes I'm only half native and the rest of me mexican but still I am not primitive. Making me sound like I'm some lesser type of human and what not.

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DearAmbellina2113 · 41-45, F

Oh wow, I never heard 'primitive' be used as a negative before. I have only heard it as an archeological term meaning "first" or "prime" (which is not a bad thing).

This is why it's probably a good idea to just ASK people what they prefer to be called or referred to as.

Astro · 56-60, M

@DearAmbellina2113 Primitive to me means backwards and uncivilized. Maybe I'm wrong and am being a cranky old man but I can see where you are coming from with archeology.

Neoerectus · M

@Astro Ever read the Chalice and the Blade? It is a misconception that older civilizations, even hunter gathers, were less sophisticated mentally or socially. Early anthropologists injected their own biases which has been getting corrected.

ArishMell · 70-79, M

@Astro That is only your definition.

"Primitive" means only "First" _ the root is [i]prime[/i].

There is no evidence that primitive people were either backward [i]or[/i] uncivilised, let alone both backward [i]and[/i] uncivilised. The two adjectives are not synonyms.

Indeed some of their societies must have been very civilised to have left massive remains like Stonehenge and Machu Picchu.

Some might wonder if our modern civilisations are very civil, though...