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Even calling Native Americans “Indians” makes me just stare at a mf
10 upvotes, 6 comments. Yik Yak image post by Anonymous in US Politics. "Even calling Native Americans “Indians” makes me just stare at a mf"
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Anonymous 8w

Well, calling them Native Americans isn’t really apt either. They didn’t call the land America

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Anonymous 8w

I’m surprised someone in favor of turning the US into Gilead does not want to keep “Commanders”

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 8w

Would “indigenous” work?

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 8w

It’s really just tough to have a word that everybody in a group will sign off on. Like back when Alcatraz was occupied in 1969, AIM (American Indian Movement) was the group that occupied it, and that’s using both of them!

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 8w

Indigenous definitely works

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 8w

Alright, got it. Thanks for the advice.

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