Posted: 7/6/2008 10:18:24 PM EDT
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Which comes to mind first? Dot or Feather? Just seems funny that it seems like are more Dots than Feathers here in the US. Not a bad thing, just funny. |
Maiden kicks Anthrax's ass....at least in this case www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5Snehl2bAk And (God forgive me for saying this) ManOWar Pwns them both www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAWsbLIXhdc |
You are the fucking man.  I know it's not cool here on Arfcom, but I love Manowar. 
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Any canucks on board? I have heard from some guides up there that you are not to fond of indians, and there are several jokes comparing them to certain "ethnicities" in the states. I used to think of Apache and Tonto when I was young but now I think of 7/11 and hotels to answer your question. |
I drive truck & end up in Canada more than I like. And you're right, Canadians like to bitch, moan & whine about the Indians. |
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I usually think "dot" when I hear the word "Indian" by itself. Most people who know whom they speak of use the term "American Indian" when talking about the "feather" kind. Most of the American Indians whom I've met refer to themselves as American Indian, so that is what I choose to call them. Others (mostly libtards) use the term "Native American" for the "feather" kind. |
I guess that depends on where you are from. Around here, "indians" refers to American Indians. I don't think I have ever heard anyone say "American Indian" (or "Native American" for that matter) except on TV. |
That's true. I'm from MD. In DC, there's a museum called the National Museum of the American Indian. I met a Navajo woman a couple of years ago, she is a friend of my fiancee's aunt. She's in her 80's. She refers to herself as a "Navajo" and as an "American Indian". |
I just say I am native, if they want specifics I say "Inupiaq" and then I usually get a  in response. Then I am forced to give a small lecture on the variety of tribes and peoples that call Alaska home and that we ain't all just Eskimos, blah blah blah. |
I was surfing craigslist one time and some dumbass tourist posted about how they rode the train from Seward to Fairbanks and did not see one Eskimo and how they were disappointed. I worked at the Seward Train Station at the time so I had to apologize and say that my parka was at the drycleaners and AKRR regs prohibited me from bringing my spear to work. There were actually two of us eskimos working there at the time. Maybe they did not see my Dog Sled tied up in back. Nevermind that the traditional range of the "eskimo" is nowhere near this area that they traveled. |