Re: Amerind an offensive term (was: Early Amerind assimilation

Matt Silberstein (matts2@ix.netcom.com)
Thu, 15 Aug 1996 19:13:28 GMT

Stephen Barnard <barnard@nas.nasa.gov> wrote:

>-Mayo,H.H. wrote:
>>
>> According to the most recent Federal survey, that term is "Indian"
>> by a large majority.
>>
>> Larry Mayo

>Does that survey include the 930 million people who live in India, some
>of whom I'm sure are reading this newsgroup?

The vast majority who don't read or speak English. I have a question
though. Do they call themselves Indians? And did they before the
English/French came?
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