[Priya]

To Indians (from India) and Native Americans: Do you feel as frustrated as I do that because of Christopher Columbus’s incompetency, we always have to explain or modify our title of “Indian”? Native Americans are the real indigenous people and are not Indian, and I as an Indian with ancestors from India should not have to clarify that I am Asian Indian or “East” Indian in a eurocentrically conceptualized map. Does anyone else share these sentiments?

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Name : Priya, Gender : F, Age : 19, City : Berkeley, State : CA, Country : United States, 

[TR24800]

I know how you feel. I am part Native American, and I don’t like being called Indian because I am not from India. I also have two friends who are Indian (from India) and they are constantly asked what tribe they are from. It’s frustrating, but there is nothing we can do about it.

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Name : TR24800, Gender : F, Race : part Native American, Age : 17, City : San Jose, State : CA, Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : Less than High School Diploma, 

[Fernando]

Why are you wasting time explaining where you are from? Just Say “I am from the earth planet, and you?” I am from a country where 90 percent of the citizens are of mixed origins … nobody needs to explain their race.

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Name : Fernando, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Age : 25, City : Sao Paulo, State : NA, Country : Brazil, Education level : 2 Years of College, 

[kat]

I used to be frustrated about it. But I guess it isn’t too hard for me to say, I’m a North American Treaty Indian. I sometimes say I’m Indian, but only to other Indians (native americans) It is as complicated as you want it to be I guess. I think people can usually tell I’m native american. Either that or they mistake me for hispanic, which is entirely another subject!

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Name : kat, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Native American, Religion : Christian, Age : 30, City : Lansing, State : MI, Country : United States, Occupation : sahm, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Lower middle class, 

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