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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Other way around, I think. An American on this forum got all pissy with me once for referring to natives as "Indians", despite the fact that up here it's called the Indian Act and just as many reserves classify themselves as an "Indian reserve" as they do a "native reserve."
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They didn't mention the Bureau of Indian Affairs did they? Doens't have anything to do with administering to people from India. 
Indians has long been the common nomenclature in the US. It's starting to change, as it should, to Native Americans. It is amazing how much effect Christopher Columbus' ineptness has had on American culture!
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