Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!afit-ab!icc!wbralick From: wbralick@icc.afit.arpa (William A. Bralick Jr.) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Native Americans Message-ID: <599@afit-ab.arpa> Date: 18 Sep 88 04:23:12 GMT References: <474@oravax.UUCP> Sender: news@afit-ab.arpa Reply-To: wbralick@icc.UUCP (William A. Bralick Jr.) Organization: Air Force Institute of Technology; WPAFB, OH Lines: 11 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