:The term Indian was applied to native Americans by the European explorers and was never intended to be a derogatory remark. The term was used because said European explorers thought they made it to India, hence the geographic term West Indies. The term Nigger was an Anglicization of Negro which is Spanish for black, Negro being the collective discriptive. While currently perceived in politically correct areas of the US as a derogatory term, it is still used by some as a collective descriptive. Albeit falling out of general use. Derogatory terms for native Americans are redskins, savages etc, and have never been in general use, only limited use for a limited time in some parts of the US. So you are talking apples and oranges, and while I know a few, mainly AIM types, who don not like the term Indian, but most don't really care. Besides the term is used by the federal government and the tribes in all their legal Treaties, et al. So our opinion on wikipedia is really a non sequetor. Thomas Whitehead   
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