On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
> In WWII the military conducted a special recruitment effort to sign up
> some Native Ameicans of the Navaho Tribe.
Navajo is spelled with a "j" not an "h."
Also, it's not "Tribe" but "Nation," so the complete
and correct designation is "Navajo Nation."
Also, a native American is pretty much anyone born in
the western Hemisphere. MOST aboriginal Americans prefer
being referred to by their tribe or nation name. Failing that,
believe it or not, "Indian" is preferred.
> BTW, a man named Ira Hayes was a Navaho.
Nope, he was Pima.
(the tribe with the highest rate of diabetes ever recorded)
- Steve
