On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 13:48:57 -0600 "Chris Barr"
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>By the way, "Indian" is an inaccurate word to describe the indigenous
peoples of the western hemisphere commonly called "the Americas".
My handy, dandy Webster's dictionary tells me that, in this context,
the word "indigenous" is the same as "native," which, in this context,
means "someone who is born in the Americas." I was born in Cleveland,
Ohio, and Cleveland is in America, therefore I am a native American,
despite the fact that my ancestors came from Europe.
The proper word would indicate that these "Indians" come from the
original people in the Americas. Fortunately, we already have an English
word which derives from the Latin words meaning "from the original." It
is "ab" (from) plus "origine" (the beginning), which we know as the word
"aborigine."
Oink, oink. :)
vincent j fulton
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