I was told by a native American at school in Montana that there is internal debate about what they ought to be called. In some opinions, “Native American” is just as much a name they didn’t give themselves as “Indian” was. But that was one guy I was friends with so I don’t know how widespread that opinion is.
It’s an opinion that’s not completely unique. I’ve heard the same a few times.
There’s also a group who will not let the Bureau of Indian Affairs change its name, not because they like it, but because… well, complex reasons but one of them was a sort of “fuck you”.
I was told by a native American at school in Montana that there is internal debate about what they ought to be called. In some opinions, “Native American” is just as much a name they didn’t give themselves as “Indian” was. But that was one guy I was friends with so I don’t know how widespread that opinion is.
It’s an opinion that’s not completely unique. I’ve heard the same a few times.
There’s also a group who will not let the Bureau of Indian Affairs change its name, not because they like it, but because… well, complex reasons but one of them was a sort of “fuck you”.