is the term Indian for American Indians still poltically correct?

[Rumpel]

or what other term do you use?

 

[Rumpel]

in German we differ between Indianer in the US and Inder in India

 

[Allan]

or what other term do you use?

In Canada we use 'Indigenous peoples' or 'First Nations Peoples'.

'Indian' is considered offensive.

 

[OpportunityCost]

If you know their tribal name (Sioux, Navajo, etc) calling them by that is considered a sign of respect. Because it is part of their heritage and identity and they are rightfully proud of it.

 

[Rexedgar]

I see and hear “Native American” more, these days.

 

[Loulit01]

I see and hear “Native American” more, these days.

That's what I use. Indians are from India.

 

[Rumpel]

Indians are from India.

ok

in German we use Inder then ..... we differ between US and India

 

[Rumpel]

as we differ in German, would you say that our word Indianer is still incorrect?

 

[Allan]

as we differ in German, would you say that our word Indianer is still incorrect?

Yes.

 

[Rumpel]

Yes.

why?

 

[NatMorton]

"Native American" is the more correct term these days, but in reality they're just Asian immigrants from way back when (who where, in turn, African immigrants).

 

[Rumpel]

"Native American" is the more correct term these days, but in reality they're just Asian immigrants from way back when (who where, in turn, African immigrants).

as homo sapiens is from Africa, aren't we all African immigrants then....?
except the Africans in Africa ....

 

[Allan]

why?

Because they are not Indians. It misidentifies them using a misnomer first coined by Christopher Columbus.

 

[Perotista]

or what other term do you use?

I’ve never thought about it. But I do have a habit of calling them American Indians to different them from India’s Indians. Probably because my wife is from Thailand. There they call the American Indian, Indian Dang or red Indian whereas folks from India are just Indians.

I’ve never really got into using the phrase native American.

 

[Rumpel]

Because they are not Indians.

in Germany we do not call them Indians

 

[Helix]

Native American.

 

[Rumpel]

I’ve never thought about it. But I do have a habit of calling them American Indians to different them from India’s Indians. Probably because my wife is from Thailand. There they call the American Indian, Indian Dang or red Indian whereas folks from India are just Indians.

I’ve never really got into using the phrase native American.

in German that would be something like eingeborene Amerikaner ....

 

[Allan]

in Germany we do not call them Indians

You can call them whatever you want in Germany, but it wouldn't be appropriate to use it in the US or Canada.

 

[Rumpel]

Indianer does not mean Indians from India.
Those Indians we call Inder.

 

[Grand Mal]

Because they are not Indians. It misidentifies them using a misnomer first coined by Christopher Columbus.

It's like those twerps who see a Sikh wearing a turban and call him a Hindu.
Just stubborn ignorance.

 

[Rumpel]

another question .... how do you call the indigenous people of South America?

 

[Allan]

another question .... how do you call the indigenous people of South America?

Indigenous. Same with Australian.

 

[coyote505]

American Indian or Native American are both proper here. However, many of them are not particularly sensitive, and will even use the term Redskin for themselves, at least in informal settings, just as I describe myself as a Gringo, rather than an Anglo-American.

 

[Rumpel]

American Indian or Native American are both proper here. However, many of them are not particularly sensitive, and will even use the term Redskin for themselves, at least in informal settings, just as I describe myself as a Gringo, rather than an Anglo-American.

I have heard from an American Indian, that they usually refer to each other as Indians …..

 

[KingLeo]

Indians hasn't been for awhile.
Native Americans is the one