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jspence1
Apr 25, 2014Explorer
Grey Mountain wrote:
I am an enrolled member of the Comanche Tribe. You can address me as "Indian, Native American, Comanche, Hey You, whatever," and I will answer. None of those terms are pejorative to me. We refer to ourselves as "Comanche," although that itself is not quite correct. We are "Numunah," the Comanche word for us. Personally, I prefer Comanche since everyone is afraid of the Comanche. Nobody ever heard of Numunah.
GM
Great answer.
I think it's a little silly to worry about what to call people, normally when I meet someone I ask their name. I can't imagine a situation where I would call out Indian, Americana Indian,or Comanche. I would most likely start out with excuse me sir/ma'am.
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