You could call them Indigenous or Native Peoples, or by the names of their respective Nations.
I've heard elders refer to themselves as Indians, though.
I guess it's a bit like gay people calling themselves 'queer' or black people calling themselves 'niggas' - as long as there's no malintent behind it, they're happy.
(And I'm both bi and part Native American, and I'll comfortably describe myself as a queer part Red Indian... *shrugs*)
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I've heard elders refer to themselves as Indians, though.
I guess it's a bit like gay people calling themselves 'queer' or black people calling themselves 'niggas' - as long as there's no malintent behind it, they're happy.
(And I'm both bi and part Native American, and I'll comfortably describe myself as a queer part Red Indian... *shrugs*)
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