One last note (sorry, I had a new dental crown today) - if you want to refer to Native Americans, I suggest you toss the “Indian (feather)†approach.
Curiously, I have been told recently by two different Native Americans, one a Navajo and one a Chiricahua Apache, that they are fine with “Indian†and prefer it to “Native Americanâ€, because that’s what they grew up with (and it’s a shorter word). Frankly, the word “American†is no more native than “Indianâ€. Their words are Dine' and Nde for their people. To a degree, they (and myself) see me as a child who is coming to understand their cultural way of being aligned with Mother Nature, out of the fog of the northern European domination culture.
What really frustrates both of them is that “we†don’t respect and listen to their better evolved wisdom and cultural experience about how to live well in collaboration with the Earth.
