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

[John Thornton]

I've never known an NDN who felt the term tribe had any negative 
connotation.
Do you know non-tribal people who have a negative view of the term?

John Thornton

Chris Doss wrote:
> 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