Some Notes on Terminology:

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Some Notes on Terminology Indian

• Colonial roots of the term Indian.
• (c.f. Turkey woman)
• Some FN Persons Use/Prefer Indian
• - also in our constitution and statutes
• No consensus on use of Indian
• 4. Terminological Usage Comes Goes
•   - common in race relations
• - Native denounced by NIB
• - Aboriginal Australian stigma
• - Indigenous
• - FN as vulnerable to rt-wing attack
• (next slide)

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Some Factors Affecting Nomenclature Chosen by
Oppressed Peoples

• Degree of Politicization of Identity
• Degree of Consciousness-raising
• Perceived Political ( other) Threats
• Exposure to Developments Abroad