Calgarypuck Forums - The Unofficial Calgary Flames Fan Community - View Single Post

chris lindberg · 06-15-2008, 12:40 AM

[quote=Lithium;1345046]*mod edit*quote]

Not only are your words derogatory and bigoted but they are also demeaning to the First Nation people of North America and CalgaryPuck.

I remember hearing somewhere a story on the confusion of the word Indian given to the aboriginal people, it was not because of India (Hindustan) or the East Indies, but because they were so spiritual that Columbus called the indigenous people who discovered him washed up on the beach in the Caribbean "Indio," from the Italian in dio, meaning ("in God") or "en Dios" ("of God")

06-15-2008, 12:40 AM	#72
chris lindberg Franchise Player Join Date: Jan 2004 Exp:	[quote=Lithium;1345046]mod editquote] Not only are your words derogatory and bigoted but they are also demeaning to the First Nation people of North America and CalgaryPuck. I remember hearing somewhere a story on the confusion of the word Indian given to the aboriginal people, it was not because of India (Hindustan) or the East Indies, but because they were so spiritual that Columbus called the indigenous people who discovered him washed up on the beach in the Caribbean "Indio," from the Italian in dio, meaning ("in God") or "en Dios" ("of God") Last edited by Sylvanfan; 06-15-2008 at 01:26 AM.