• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      They don’t call themselves that, they call themselves by their individual tribe names…

      They’re not one bulk people.

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        3 days ago

        You’re right, as a group of people they prefer the term American Indian, but I’m not going to go and say “your should ask the Indians about that” because that sounds as stupid as whatever your argument is.

        Which was I think about using “native” instead of “indiginous”, which are literally synonyms in the context.

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          3 days ago

          which are literally synonyms in the context.

          From my first reply:

          Indigenous is more correct because that involves the land changing someone, not just something coming from there.

          You might not be aware of every pedantic difference, I didn’t assume anyone would, that’s why I explicitly stated it

          Feel free to Google and check my work, but this isn’t an argument someone can win, words have meaning.

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        4 days ago

        People Who Were There Before Europeans Came Over And Randomly Said They Own This Land Now?

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          I mean it wasn’t random. They came here, no one was present and they claimed it. And many were ok with sharing a bit when Europeans first arrived. The Europeans were the ones consistently ignoring their right of ownership and their right to exist.