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- snurfle, on 10/12/2007, -2/+19"Native American"? It wasn't called "America" until the Europeans took it over, so those who were there before could not be called "Native" Americans.
I believe the correct name for the Seminoles is not "Indians" or "Native Americans"... It is "Seminoles". - snurfle, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7I am an American.
Not a "Northern Hemispherian" or a "German/Icelandic-American" or anything else.
American.
If someone calls me a "Canadian", I correct them. It's not that I have a problem with Canadians (well, maybe Alan Thicke), it's just that I am not a Canadian, and someone who assumes that since Canada is so close, that "Canadian" should be close enough, is wrong.
The Seminoles called themselves "Seminoles". Why should anyone else tell them they're wrong?
Is it really that hard for us to just call a group of people by their name without grouping them in with a bunch of other people who are "not us"?
I dare say that most Americans know the terms Sunni, Shia, and Madan, and are able to understand why the distinction is important to those groups, than they do the terms Seminole, Crow, and Cherokee.
What is the difference between that and the label "Hispanic"? Simple: I don't label people as "Hispanic" if I know they are "Cuban" or "Mexican" or "Peruvian". - sassyfrancis, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6The trail of beers.
- DIGGerPhelpsND, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5The term nowadays appears to be "American Indian" and it seems the US government has adopted it. The new Smithsonian is called the National Museum of the American Indian. However, I really don't see how this solves any ambiguity or misrepresentation.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@ MiddleGirth
Hispanic means originating from Spain. - yonbeastie, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5This seems a little weird to me. Like the US gov't buying Burger King.
- m3mn0n, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4^ ashamed he's black
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3wow i live near there in Orlando and we are all under the impression that the Seminole tribe already owned this property, and i believe that's the only reason the majority of us supported it.
- AceTracer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2The one where I used to live in Hollywood, FL is making billions. The city is fighting to try and tax some of it.
- velvethead, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I love this whole trend of native tribes making a killing off the greed of the (mostly) white man. After our crimes against them, the richness of the irony is satisfying.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4More than likely the only real confusion would come from those in India.
@snurfle, What is the difference between that and the label "Hispanic"? - ZenMojo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2That's Navajo. Wrong tribe.
There's a certain irony in the Seminole tribe buying Hard Rock. A huge number of Seminoles are black Seminoles, since slaves escaped to the tribe to flee from their slavemasters and became part of the tribe. So technically it's not just Amerinds getting back at The Man, it's slaves, too. Double irony, FTW! - undercoverhippo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I live very close the casino, and I too was under the impression that they already owned the place. After all, it's called the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. In any case, the casino is build on Seminole land which is probably the only reason why it exists in the first place. As you know, gambling is illegal in Florida but FL laws do not apply on Seminole land.
- diilbert, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1my thoughts exactly
- OwdenBowden, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Yah-ta-hey
- m3mn0n, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The company who owns the Vegas one owns many more across the US.
Funny how YouTube's "value" is so much higher than most actual real companies, including a small chain of hotels and casinos. LOL - ZenMojo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Word, Cornstarch. Word.
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Go vote Republican, you self-hating wonk. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3What the hell? What do the Indian tribes know about Rock and roll? The British KNOW rock and roll.
- BarleyWind, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1http://www.doi.gov/bureau-indian-affairs.html
- RedHairedMan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Because long ago when Cristopher Columbus, the ever lovely twit he was (read up about him), discovered America, he thought it was India, and so called the people he met 'Indian.'
- expertblogger, on 03/09/2008, -0/+0I was born and raised in the North America to an Air force family and shall be as such known only as American. I have never been to Africa the place humans crawled out of the primordial soup...actually that was Pangaea but, close enough. oh and about the 3 mil revenue projections feedback, if my girl likes it this much and she looooves jewelry, then that number very well could be an understatement. They get my vote. http://skivewho.info http://slilyham.info http://smilegae.info http://smutscud.info http://solantew.info http://sowedfan.info http://styesmom.info http://swarmbis.info http://swobspax.info http://swotsnan.info
- Sumedh, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Why are the native tribes of US called Indians??
- CornStarch, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2You're a disgrace.
If one of my cousins said to me "I don't like being called an Irish American, I don't like it" I'd tell him the same thing I'm telling you,
You're a ***** disgrace. And anyone who thinks they should or even can disown their ROOTS is fooling themselves and doing a disservice to their family & ancestors. - guarnibl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@ ZenMojo
I lol'd. - deuceswilde, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1RTA, The deal was to buy everything with the name Hard Rock, restaurants, hotels and otherwise, not just the casino on the Seminole reservation. The only thing this doesn't include is the casino and hotel in Vegas.
- ZenMojo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1They then called those islands the "West Indies" and the people there came to be known as West Indians. India became East India. Columbus didn't actually land on the continent, he discovered the islands just off the coast.
But since there were people on those islands with darker skin than white people, they just called everybody within a 3000 miles Indians and called it a day. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Honestly, I don`t like being called African American. I was born and raised in the North America to an Air force family and shall be as such known only as American. I have never been to Africa the place humans crawled out of the primordial soup...actually that was Pangaea but, close enough.
- guarnibl, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0@CornStarch
'Roots.' I love this term. It's ambiguous. - PlagueMonkey, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0How
- mattsidesinger, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1He was talking about the Cleveland Indians, idiots. Go Tribe?
- soccernamlak, on 10/12/2007, -17/+10Native American, not Indian.....sorry, but this bugs me to no end that people are so ignorant of mis-naming races.
This is an interesting acquisition though by a tribe.
@JenadaeX : Did they have a big presence there or something? - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -10/+3It also bugs me. I'm still hoping for the day that I will be able to check Scottish-German-Native-American for any demographic surveys.
- chedabob, on 10/12/2007, -9/+2Shouldn't they be suing Microsoft or something?
- Dvara, on 10/12/2007, -9/+1@MiddleGirth:
You realise that there are many different people that come under the term "Indian"? Not only is it incorrect to call Native Americans "Indians", it also causes confusion.
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