Re: OT: A couple of Indian corrections

2001-01-16 Thread Steve
On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Samuel W. Heywood wrote: > We are getting very far off-topic. Agreed. You talk the talk, I'll walk the walk. - Steve

Re: OT: A couple of Indian corrections

2001-01-15 Thread Samuel W. Heywood
On Sun, 14 Jan 2001 23:53:11 -0500 (EST), Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 15 Jan 2001, Samuel W. Heywood wrote: >> MOST aboriginal Americans in my state of Virginia (There are many here, and >> I know a few of them) > Well, what do I know since I only live on an Indian Reservation...

Re: OT: A couple of Indian corrections

2001-01-15 Thread J. J. Young
Some observations from this side of the pond (I hope that friendly term for the North Atlantic didn't offend any lone yachtsmen on the list)... In the UK, all "Indians" are referred to as "Asians", whether their origin be India, Pakistan, Bangladesh or Uganda. The Welsh are getting their woad mi

Re: OT: A couple of Indian corrections

2001-01-14 Thread Steve
On Mon, 15 Jan 2001, Samuel W. Heywood wrote: > MOST aboriginal Americans in my state of Virginia (There are many here, and > I know a few of them) Well, what do I know since I only live on an Indian Reservation... or maybe it's a "Native American Reservation" now. > IMNSHO, the term Nativ

Re: OT: A couple of Indian corrections

2001-01-14 Thread Steve
On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, Robert Deering wrote: > > Navajo is spelled with a "j" not an "h." > > There was a period of time when the spelling "Navajo" was considered > insulting. Like many other things, this too has come around. Spell it > with a "j", pronounce it like "h" or, if you can, a very, ve

Re: OT: A couple of Indian corrections

2001-01-14 Thread Samuel W. Heywood
On Sun, 14 Jan 2001 20:59:50 -0500 (EST), Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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, i

Re: OT: A couple of Indian corrections

2001-01-14 Thread Robert Deering
On Sun, 14 Jan 2001 20:59:50 -0500 (EST), Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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." There was

OT: A couple of Indian corrections

2001-01-14 Thread Steve
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 "Nava