mjl2003 ([info]mjl2003) wrote,
@ 2007-05-29 17:21:00
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first nations
so, yesterday, I happened to use the word "indian" to describe two different Native American things: sitting Indian-style and indian casinos, which disappointed my girlfriend (who insists on using less ethnocentric terms).

And I was thinking: do pre-school and elementary school teachers still tell their pupils to sit Indian style?

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[info]twerpalicious
2007-05-30 02:42 am UTC (link)
I'm thinking I'd be single by choice the rest of my life if I lived there.

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[info]evelynnash
2007-05-30 03:23 pm UTC (link)
My co-worker informs me that his children are told to sit "criss-cross applesauce". But this is New York City. In Ohio, I'm sure it's still "Indian style".

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[info]mjl2003
2007-05-30 11:29 pm UTC (link)
very good to know - they apparently never used the term in Northern British Columbia, where my girlfriend comes from.

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Don't Indians FROM India sit like that, though?
(Anonymous)
2007-06-04 04:06 am UTC (link)
Think about yoga class... are we positive this term is referring to Native Americans?

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