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Sorry folks, but ‘Indian’ is already taken

Sorry folks, but ‘Indian’ is already taken

We need real names for ‘American’ Indigenous people

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Gary A Schlueter
Aug 14, 2024
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  According to Wikipedia, "This (original Ancient Beringian llineage) further diverged into 'Northern Native American' and 'Southern Native American' lineages between 17,500 and 14,600 years ago." Somewhere along that 3,000 year span the Ancient Beringian lineage divided, but it was, and still is, the original Ancient Beringian lineage.

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