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Originally posted by cheap
Oh so whites are indeed indigenous to europe but native americans are not indigenous to the american continent? interesting..........
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Using a
strict and technically correct interpretation of the term "native American", yes, not all native Americans are indigenous Americans.
But WAIT - when you say
Native American, I don't get technical because I understand the actual meaning of the term: a member of the First Nations or - yes - an American Indian. See, a strict and technically correct interpretation of the term American Indian
does mean a citizen of both the USA and the Republic of India. Both terms, technically, are misnomers. But we understand them to mean something else - the indigenous peoples of the Americas.
What are you even trying to prove at this point?