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Re: Indians and Native Americans
Laurie Schacherbauer (LAURIES@MERCURY.UARK.EDU)
Thu, 8 Feb 1996 15:35:29 CST
> The problem is that "ethnic" markers like "Indian" or "Native American"
> are situational. To call oneself Indian--or Native American--in Oklahoma
> is meaningless, since many people have some claim. Rather, one gives the
> more specific "tribal" identifier. Indians are Native Americans to us,
> Comanches and Kiowas to them, and perhaps Yamparikas to others. [Just as
> members of that other group can use the N word amongst themselves, we
> would be pilloried if we even admitted it existed.]
FINALLY!! AN INTELLIGENT BIT OF DISCUSSION (I.E. SOMETHING THAT
MADE ME FURROW MY BROW IN THOUGHT, RATHER THAN ROLL MY EYES IN
EXASPERATION) THAT ACTUALLY SOUNDS VAGUELY LIKE THE ANTHROPOLOGY THAT
I AM STUDYING! THANK YOU T.K.!
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