[lbo-talk] tribes, was Re: Speaking of female candidates...

Chris Doss lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com
Fri Sep 5 12:14:50 PDT 2008


Out of curiosity, do any sizeable number of Native Americans think the term "tribe" for various Native American groups sounds a bit derogatory? I mean, it sounds like Turok Son of Stone running through the Savage Land with a tomahawk in one hand.

--- On Thu, 9/4/08, John Thornton <jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> Yes and no.
> That's probably why the Yup'ik don't keep a bq
> registry and try to go by
> tradition instead.
> There is no satisfactory solution to the question of who is
> or isn't NDN.
> Ideally the question shouldn't be asked but this
> isn't an ideal world.
> I argue he isn't Yup'ik simply because they claim
> he isn't a member of
> their tribe. How they reach that decision is up to them,
> not me.
>
> John Thornton
>
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