Taz
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None of the animals on this list will ever be considered indigenous to the Americas. Even 10,000 years from now or more.I once saw on the news some indians had won a court case, and outside, the reporter asks one of the Chiefs "So, how do you feel after your victory in court today?" The Chief said "it's a good day to be an indian". If it's good enough for him...Anyone born in the US is a native American. What you're referring to is an indian. Indians aren't native to America either.I think capitalization counts here.
A Native American is not the same as a native American. Make sense?
I am normally not one to follow the trends of what people are called. But the Native Americans were called "Indians" when they thought they had landed in India. And even then, the explorers knew they were not in India. It is a laughable term that stuck.
And I think living somewhere for more than 10,000 years qualifies you as "native".
And I tried to differentiate between "native American", which is someone who was born here, and "Native American", which is someone who is descended from the indigenous tribes of the North American continent.
And no, your ancestors being here 10,000 years doesn't make one a indigenous to the Americas any more than I will be considered a real native 10,000 years from now, no matter how PC you're trying to be.
So how long they have been here doesn't matter?
List of introduced species - Wikipedia