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>They certainly didn't call themselves 'native americans'. Which is why I like the way in Canada they are referred to as “First Nations.” It describes a realit
by poulsbohemian 8y ago
>They certainly didn't call themselves 'native americans'.
Which is why I like the way in Canada they are referred to as “First Nations.” It describes a reality in terms that feel less politically loaded or geographicalally misguided than others.
- codyb 8y agoWhile simultaneously removing any clues about origin for the uninformed no? So then you need to affix either Canadian to the front or of North America or of Canada to the back and then you're right back to where you started, so in the end I suppose I can only muster up a "what's the point?". We still call the Cherokee nation the Cherokee nation, that's their own name, and when we have them we use them, but what's the point of removing all contextual information from the casual observer's view? So they can go to Wikipedia and search and go "ahh, they use to live in what's now Canada?" Lol.