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The confusion of the terms is a perpetual memorial to the original confusion of Christopher Columbus.
Isn't it supposed to be "native American" now?
This video dives into this topic particularly well. It’s still best to ask their individual preference, but this gave me some perspective I didn’t have before: https://youtu.be/kh88fVP2FWQ
Funny how he mentioned a "In this series, we'll use this term"... then...
a few decades later
Where is the series on ~~Native Americans~~ American Indians?
That was also like half the YouTube comments lol. I noticed it too.
Huh, TIL! Thanks for sharing the link - I love CGP but somehow never saw that particular video.
It's complicated. Best practice is to ask for individual preference or use the specific tribe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Indian_Affairs
It's not called the Bureau of Native American Affairs
It's also not called the Bureau of American Indian Affairs.
Now do NAACP and UNCF.
It should be.
Anyone confuses likely doesn't care in the first place.
Or doesn't speak English as a first language. Or wasn't educated yet and they're young. Or live in a small town where they once met a single black man a decade ago and are too poor to leave.
Unrelated note, bigots are unimaginative and don't want to be educated. That's why many people fall into the category you defined.
Or not american? It does confused me at first but then i realised OP is talking about Indian and Native American.
I imagine it would confuse someone who says "that will probably gonna".
Nothing to see here, must've been the wind. 🤫
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this post was submitted on 26 Mar 2026
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