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<blockquote data-quote="Fortkentdad" data-source="post: 465722" data-attributes="member: 24285"><p>Yes Moab Man.&nbsp; In Canada is it extremely frowned upon to refer to the aboriginal peoples as &quot;Indians&quot; or even &quot;North American Indians&quot;.&nbsp; The story goes that Columbus thought he had discovered India when sailing the ocean blue in 1492 and called those he found here &quot;Indians&quot; .&nbsp; Preferred term is &quot;First Nations Peoples&quot; or better yet, learn which tribe you are referring to and call them Cree (as these Dancers are almost all Cree) we also have &quot;Chip&quot; or Chippewa people here.&nbsp; Just like we like to be called Scottish, or French, or German not 'Caucasian&quot;.&nbsp; There are many many tribes in Canada.&nbsp; The Inuit (not Eskimo) are a distinct group, and not limited only to the high Artic but most do live in the north, And&nbsp; then there are the Metis. These people are those of mixed ancestry with some European (or other) blood and some aboriginal ancestors.&nbsp; &nbsp; Of course we are all Canadian so that works too.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Fortkentdad, post: 465722, member: 24285"] Yes Moab Man. In Canada is it extremely frowned upon to refer to the aboriginal peoples as "Indians" or even "North American Indians". The story goes that Columbus thought he had discovered India when sailing the ocean blue in 1492 and called those he found here "Indians" . Preferred term is "First Nations Peoples" or better yet, learn which tribe you are referring to and call them Cree (as these Dancers are almost all Cree) we also have "Chip" or Chippewa people here. Just like we like to be called Scottish, or French, or German not 'Caucasian". There are many many tribes in Canada. The Inuit (not Eskimo) are a distinct group, and not limited only to the high Artic but most do live in the north, And then there are the Metis. These people are those of mixed ancestry with some European (or other) blood and some aboriginal ancestors. Of course we are all Canadian so that works too. :) [/QUOTE]

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