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Originally Posted by luqmaninbmore
Of course, Native American is often not a self-description but a label invented by white people to integrate indigenous peoples into the grand narrative of Eagleland. I think its telling that movements that spring from the grass roots of Indian life name themselves things like "American Indian Movement" or refer to "Indian Country." Even in officialdom, the national museum dedicated to the indigenous peoples of the Americas is the "Museum of the American Indian."
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And we have the
Bureau of Indian Affairs and the
Indian Child Welfare Act, among other official uses of the word.