How do you feel about "First Nations People" as a term?
I heard Sherman Alexie use it.
Is it a PC term that we can/should use as well?
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Passages Academy Libraries
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From: School Library Media & Network Communications on behalf of Debbie Reese
Sent: Fri 11/9/2007 9:17 AM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: "Native American" Or, "American Indian"
As I noted earlier this month, November is designated
as "Native American Month." I've had some email from
people, asking if they should say "Native American" or
"American Indian."
I use both interchangeably. Often in an article, the author
will include a footnote that says he/she will use the two
terms interchangeably unless they are referring to a
specific person or tribe.
For example, if you are telling a colleague about my
blog, you could say:
Debbie Reese, a Native American, has a blog called
American Indians in Children's Literature.
However,
You'll do more to educate that colleague if you say:
Debbie Reese, a Nambe Pueblo Indian woman,
has a blog called American Indians in Children's
Literature.
You could go on, and say:
There are 19 Pueblos in New Mexico. The ones
most people know about are Taos and Zuni. But,
there are 19, and they're all different. At Nambe,
they speak Tewa.
I posted a short blurb about this on my blog today,
top right.
I also posted a review of Eve Bunting's CHEYENNE
AGAIN.
Debbie
Debbie A. Reese (Nambé Pueblo)
Assistant Professor, American Indian Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Native American House, Room 2005
1204 West Nevada Street, MC-138
Urbana, Illinois 61801
Email: debreese@uiuc.edu
TEL 217-265-9885
FAX 217-265-9880
My Internet blog and resource:
American Indians in Children's Literature
To get to it, visit my bio and click on 'Web Page'
http://www.nah.uiuc.edu/faculty-Reese.htm
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