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Originally Posted by Flames09
First of all it's 'Native' or 'First Nations' NOT INDIAN, an 'INDIAN' is someone who is from INDIA, this is very annoying it's 2008 and people seriously need to get this right. A person from INDIA is NOT East INDIAN, they are INDIAN.
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I've been told West Indians don't like to be associated or categorized as East Indians because of cultural differences. I don't remember where West Indians are from but was told once.
I do understand North American Indians now prefer to be called "First Nation Natives" and I normally address them as "natives"(or by the name of their tribe). That being said I don't think the term "Indian" is racist. The Native community has chosen this change for political reasons. Some non-Indians see themselves as native to this soil. Their family has been here for generations. They've lost family members defending this Country. ect.