Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/03

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Subject: [Leica] LHSA meeting -- now Las Vegas
From: pswango at att.net (Phil Swango)
Date: Sat Mar 3 14:24:16 2007

Jeffery Smith wrote:
Indian Island?! I hope the Native Americans don't find out what you named
that island!
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Jeffery, I wrote "Indian land," not "island."  I meant that gambling is only
allowed on reservations   Around here the word "Indian" is still widely used
among the tribes and is interchangeable with "Native American."  Yesterday I
saw a bumper sticker that read "Indian and proud of it."  A lot of official
terminology retains the "Indian" reference too (Indian Health Service,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, Southwestern Indian
Polytechnic Institute, etc.).  I've worked as a consultant to the Navajo
area office of the Indian Health Service and have had quite a few
discussions about this, both with Natives and non-Natives.

Right now as I'm typing this I hear a radio commercial for the Indian Pueblo
Cultural Center.  And right off the Santa Fe Plaza you'll see the "Museum of
the American Indian."

A few years ago I was visiting the Jemez Pueblo and even saw some Jemez men
wearing Washington Redskin hats and t-shirts, so go figure. ;-)

-- 
Phil Swango
307 Aliso Dr SE
Albuquerque, NM 87108
505-262-4085

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