On Sun, 19 Jan 2003, Jim Battle wrote:
> Go to "www.m-w.com" (merriam-webster), and type "native american", not just
> one word, and it will say it is a synonym for "american indian".
>
> Click on "american indian" and it says:
>
> : a member of any of the aboriginal peoples of the western hemisphere
> except usually the Eskimos; especially : an American Indian of North
> America and especially the U.S.
Isn't it politically incorrect to call Inuits "Eskimos" these days? ;)
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