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From: wbralick@icc.afit.arpa (William A. Bralick Jr.)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Native Americans
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Date: 18 Sep 88 04:23:12 GMT
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In article <474@oravax.UUCP> harper@oravax.UUCP (Doug Harper) writes:
>It is beyond dispute that "American Indian" and its derivative
>"Amerindian" are bad names based on mistaken geography.  A better name
>should be in use, but "native American" is not it.

I use the term, North (or South) American aborigines, since these cultures 
are each "one of the original or earliest known inhabitants of a country 
or region" [The Random House College Dictionary, 1984: pg 4].  Unfortunately, 
this term sometimes also carries the idea of "primitiveness."  What is
preferred?

Will