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« on: September 02, 2014, 07:27:36 PM »

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« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2014, 07:29:57 PM »

Absolutely not.  I'm a Native American and the name does not offend me.  Everybody likes to get butt hurt over something and this is a pointless exercise that serves absolutely no purpose, but to satisfy the taste buds of political correctness activists.
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« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2014, 07:30:08 PM »

Yes (apparently not normal, but correct anyway)



Absolutely not.  I'm a Native American and the name does not offend me.  Everybody likes to get butt hurt over something and this is a pointless exercise that serves absolutely no purpose, but to satisfy the taste buds of political correctness activists.
Actually, Native American leaders have been spearheading this for decades. It has nothing to do with "political correctness activists," if such a thing even exists.
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« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2014, 07:32:21 PM »

Absolutely not.  I'm a Native American and the name does not offend me.  Everybody likes to get butt hurt over something and this is a pointless exercise that serves absolutely no purpose, but to satisfy the taste buds of political correctness activists.

What % Native are you?
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« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2014, 07:33:01 PM »

Absolutely not.  I'm a Native American and the name does not offend me.  Everybody likes to get butt hurt over something and this is a pointless exercise that serves absolutely no purpose, but to satisfy the taste buds of political correctness activists.

What % Native are you?

1/32
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« Reply #5 on: September 02, 2014, 07:34:02 PM »

Yes (apparently not normal, but correct anyway)



Absolutely not.  I'm a Native American and the name does not offend me.  Everybody likes to get butt hurt over something and this is a pointless exercise that serves absolutely no purpose, but to satisfy the taste buds of political correctness activists.
Actually, Native American leaders have been spearheading this for decades. It has nothing to do with "political correctness activists," if such a thing even exists.

Still, it is a stupid, absolutely pointless exercise no matter who is spearheading.
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« Reply #6 on: September 02, 2014, 07:40:21 PM »

Absolutely not.  I'm a Native American and the name does not offend me.  Everybody likes to get butt hurt over something and this is a pointless exercise that serves absolutely no purpose, but to satisfy the taste buds of political correctness activists.

What % Native are you?

1/32

Lol.
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« Reply #7 on: September 02, 2014, 07:55:44 PM »

It's a horribly racist word that no normal person would ever use in any context outside talking about the Washington NFL team.

Yes, they should change it.
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« Reply #8 on: September 02, 2014, 08:01:48 PM »

Did this already.
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« Reply #9 on: September 02, 2014, 08:03:01 PM »

This has been done several times.
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« Reply #10 on: September 02, 2014, 08:07:53 PM »

Absolutely not.  I'm a Native American and the name does not offend me.  Everybody likes to get butt hurt over something and this is a pointless exercise that serves absolutely no purpose, but to satisfy the taste buds of political correctness activists.

What % Native are you?

1/32
Didn't say you get free health insurance from your tribe?
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« Reply #11 on: September 02, 2014, 08:25:50 PM »

Absolutely not.  I'm a Native American and the name does not offend me.  Everybody likes to get butt hurt over something and this is a pointless exercise that serves absolutely no purpose, but to satisfy the taste buds of political correctness activists.

What % Native are you?

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Didn't say you get free health insurance from your tribe?

Yes I do.  I still don't think the name should be changed.
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« Reply #12 on: September 02, 2014, 08:35:29 PM »

Nah
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« Reply #13 on: September 02, 2014, 08:40:55 PM »

Absolutely not.  I'm a Native American and the name does not offend me.  Everybody likes to get butt hurt over something and this is a pointless exercise that serves absolutely no purpose, but to satisfy the taste buds of political correctness activists.

What % Native are you?

1/32

Lol.

So wait, is that one great great great grandmother?  What year would that have been?
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« Reply #14 on: September 02, 2014, 08:46:51 PM »

Absolutely not.  I'm a Native American and the name does not offend me.  Everybody likes to get butt hurt over something and this is a pointless exercise that serves absolutely no purpose, but to satisfy the taste buds of political correctness activists.

What % Native are you?

1/32

Lol.

So wait, is that one great great great grandmother?  What year would that have been?

Great, Great, Great Grandfather on my mother's side. I don't know the year, but I'm guessing between 1850 and 1875.  When you think about it, I'm not too many generations removed from full blood Potawatomi Indian.
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« Reply #15 on: September 02, 2014, 08:51:02 PM »

Absolutely not.  I'm a Native American and the name does not offend me.  Everybody likes to get butt hurt over something and this is a pointless exercise that serves absolutely no purpose, but to satisfy the taste buds of political correctness activists.

What % Native are you?

1/32

I'm more Native than you (1/16) and I wouldn't call or consider myself Native by any strecht of mind.
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« Reply #16 on: September 02, 2014, 08:57:22 PM »

Absolutely not.  I'm a Native American and the name does not offend me.  Everybody likes to get butt hurt over something and this is a pointless exercise that serves absolutely no purpose, but to satisfy the taste buds of political correctness activists.

What % Native are you?

1/32

I'm more Native than you (1/16) and I wouldn't call or consider myself Native by any strecht of mind.

I think the fact that I get and actively use Indian health care and am invited to many of their celebrations (even though I don't attend) than I am kind of tied to the Indians.  If I didn't use Indian health care, I would probably consider myself a plain old Caucasian American.

Now, to affirm what you said, whenever I answer questions about my ethnicity, I always answer Caucasian not Native American unless it is a Native American-focused questionnaire.  The reason for that, is that, yeah, I look like a plain jane, white American.  I make verbal mention of my heritage if asked, but I very rarely give written mention.
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« Reply #17 on: September 02, 2014, 08:59:36 PM »

Absolutely not.  I'm a Native American and the name does not offend me.  Everybody likes to get butt hurt over something and this is a pointless exercise that serves absolutely no purpose, but to satisfy the taste buds of political correctness activists.

What % Native are you?

1/32
Didn't say you get free health insurance from your tribe?

Yes I do.  I still don't think the name should be changed.
So is this all tribes or just yours? What if you're only 1/64 Native American?
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« Reply #18 on: September 02, 2014, 09:10:31 PM »

Absolutely not.  I'm a Native American and the name does not offend me.  Everybody likes to get butt hurt over something and this is a pointless exercise that serves absolutely no purpose, but to satisfy the taste buds of political correctness activists.

What % Native are you?

1/32
Didn't say you get free health insurance from your tribe?

Yes I do.  I still don't think the name should be changed.
So is this all tribes or just yours? What if you're only 1/64 Native American?

As far as I know, my niece who is 1/64 would be eligible for tribal health care, as would her children who would then be 1/128.  The only problem is she lives too far away.  I live almost too far away, but 90 miles is better than 2,000 miles.  I don't think the amount of Indian matters so much if you have a traceable ancestor.  I think it's any tribe, too, not just the Potawatomi's.  I could be wrong on that, though.
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« Reply #19 on: September 02, 2014, 09:12:40 PM »

Absolutely not.  I'm a Native American and the name does not offend me.  Everybody likes to get butt hurt over something and this is a pointless exercise that serves absolutely no purpose, but to satisfy the taste buds of political correctness activists.

What % Native are you?

1/32

Lol.

So wait, is that one great great great grandmother?  What year would that have been?

Great, Great, Great Grandfather on my mother's side. I don't know the year, but I'm guessing between 1850 and 1875.  When you think about it, I'm not too many generations removed from full blood Potawatomi Indian.

Huh, Maybe Im misinformed, I'd think a male line would be rare.   Was this in what is now Oklahoma?

Sorry to derail the Redskins thread...
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« Reply #20 on: September 02, 2014, 09:13:16 PM »

Absolutely not.  I'm a Native American and the name does not offend me.  Everybody likes to get butt hurt over something and this is a pointless exercise that serves absolutely no purpose, but to satisfy the taste buds of political correctness activists.

What % Native are you?

1/32

Wow, that's almost full-on native.  You should get a cool name like Two Cats Fucking or something like that.
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« Reply #21 on: September 02, 2014, 09:24:47 PM »

Absolutely not.  I'm a Native American and the name does not offend me.  Everybody likes to get butt hurt over something and this is a pointless exercise that serves absolutely no purpose, but to satisfy the taste buds of political correctness activists.

What % Native are you?

1/32

Lol.

So wait, is that one great great great grandmother?  What year would that have been?

Great, Great, Great Grandfather on my mother's side. I don't know the year, but I'm guessing between 1850 and 1875.  When you think about it, I'm not too many generations removed from full blood Potawatomi Indian.

Huh, Maybe Im misinformed, I'd think a male line would be rare.   Was this in what is now Oklahoma?

Sorry to derail the Redskins thread...

Yes, this was all in Indian Territory (Oklahoma).  The only female involved in my direct line is my mother who is 1/16, but there is a male at her level, her brother, my uncle.  I think my tribe, anyway, is a patriarchal tribe instead of a matriarchal tribe.
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« Reply #22 on: September 03, 2014, 03:16:00 PM »

Absolutely NOT.
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« Reply #23 on: September 03, 2014, 03:19:00 PM »

Yes. 
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« Reply #24 on: September 03, 2014, 03:21:10 PM »
« Edited: September 03, 2014, 03:29:31 PM by DemPGH, President »

I've come around to a solid "No" on this. I was a lean no, but am now a no - probably because 1) I grew up on football, and it never, ever reinforced a negative in my mind about Native Americans and 2) there is a small clique trying to force this change which has questionable standing. The difference between this and "Fighting Irish," for e.g., is also blurry to me.
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