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**Plonnikas** · 07-26-2011, 04:10 AM

Well, people can call themselves whatever they want but they aren't the Native American Indians. Most Hispanics have tons of Spanish blood.

So do "Native Americans"....

Maybe moreso

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I agree. Only Guatemalans that speak Maya-Quiché, Bolivians that speak Aymara/Quechua or Mexicans that speak any of their native languages have the right to call themselves "Indian". And even this term is really a misnomer, as the real Indians are the inhabitiants of India, whereas it would be more suitable for these Native Americans to simply identify by their tribal names (Maya, Aymara, Mapuche, etc.).

This is VERY true

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Plonnikas Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 459 Senior Member	Well, people can call themselves whatever they want but they aren't the Native American Indians. Most Hispanics have tons of Spanish blood. So do "Native Americans".... Maybe moreso ---------- Post added 2011-07-25 at 16:12 ---------- I agree. Only Guatemalans that speak Maya-Quiché, Bolivians that speak Aymara/Quechua or Mexicans that speak any of their native languages have the right to call themselves "Indian". And even this term is really a misnomer, as the real Indians are the inhabitiants of India, whereas it would be more suitable for these Native Americans to simply identify by their tribal names (Maya, Aymara, Mapuche, etc.). This is VERY true
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