tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21327088.post3774153490486075343..comments2023-11-11T00:30:49.313-05:00Comments on New Day Rising: aboriginal /ˌabəˈrijənl/Fantasy Writer Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10009677348939299315noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21327088.post-41265578394275519692015-06-05T07:42:21.411-04:002015-06-05T07:42:21.411-04:00I'm fine with the First Nations label which is...I'm fine with the First Nations label which is now the dominant custom in Canada to the best of my knowledge, or any combination of labels which make some sense. But there are (generally older) natives who self-identify as "Indians." I just wish we could reserve "Indians" for the actual nation of India. There is only one, after all. And I wish we would have made this change five-hundred-and-what-not years ago when Columbus face-palmed and said, "Oops! Not Indians! Sorry! Too much rum this morning! Hee hee hee heee!"Fantasy Writer Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10009677348939299315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21327088.post-56203968799844733612015-06-04T11:45:23.865-04:002015-06-04T11:45:23.865-04:00I certainly think we do because "Tech support...I certainly think we do because "Tech support or Casino Indian?" is a truly offensive way of determining the difference, but one I have heard (and never used) more than once. As a Canadian with Mohawk blood coursing through my veins I am not sure of the solution. Indigenous? Aboriginal? Native? Surely anything we come up with will offend someone in some way.IntrepidReaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17442523071263001228noreply@blogger.com