Quote Originally Posted by Tuckervill View Post
Native Canadians are also Native Americans, by the way.

Karen
I actually like the term "First Peoples" or something similar much better. "Native" is confusing for me since someone born in a place is native to that place but is not an indigenous American, i.e., a "Native American." "Native-born" isn't bad and provides a subtle distinction to identify someone native-born but not of indigenous descent. I get really irritated with the attitude of some white Americans who yell at others to "go home" (for instance, some Oregonians at people moving here from California) and then tout that they're "Native Oregonians." Well, not really. I want to shout back "so show me your tribal membership!" Not to mention, the weird assumption that someone moving from California was born in California, and isn't just another mobile American like their grandparents (or whoever first showed up here). That ability to pick up and move is what built the USA and almost every other country into what is today (and displaced the native people at the same time). The wonderful world of DNA research documents the wave of second peoples, and third peoples, etc., etc., all over the world. It's fascinating.