2011/10/2 Hilco Wijbenga <hilco.wijbe...@gmail.com>: > On 2 October 2011 08:47, consul tores <consultor...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Canadians use "native" and USians "indians" i think; we say >> "indigenous"; and in general American natives or ancestors. > > Actually, no, we (Canadians) call them "First Nations" (or, at least, > that's the PC term). It does have a nice ring to it. And it makes more > sense than "native" since humans aren't really native to any place > (check your history books for how humans spread across the globe). > > And in the US (nowadays), it's "Native Americans". Calling them > Indians was always silly as Indians live in India. :-) > > My, my, the things discussed on this list... :-)
Yes, it is absolutely correct, "Fist Nations", seems for me the most appropriated term; thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cafxkjqnrhxqfjsoi4gpgknlax+qxleoa0xiapyf_e7z2r35...@mail.gmail.com
