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As for usage, the common misunderstanding of today’s non-Indian community is that these indigenous peoples prefer to be called Native American rather than American Indian. In an informal 2005 survey conducted by Wendy Weston, Navajo, Director of American Indian Relations at the Heard Museum, of several indigenous peoples, when asked: “As a Native person, what term do you prefer to be identified by?,” most respondents preferred to be identified as American Indian and/or their specific tribal affiliation. As the respondents said, “Native” or “Native American” is a term “which anyone born in the US has the right to be called.”³ Although, as cultural theorist Gerald Vizenor reminds us, while “Indian” is an invented name that does not come from any native language, “Native American” at least distinguishes native inhabitants in the Americas from the people of India.⁴

As for other options, “indigenous” might be confused with an indigent state of poverty. Referring to Hopi and Zuni ancestors, this writer has trouble saying “Ancient Pueblo” in lieu of Anasazi, since the word “Pueblo” is Spanish and not Indian, and it substitutes a perfectly good Navajo word for “old enemy” and replaces it with an idea of questionable ancestry. Some words, like “Tarahumara” and “Rarámuri” are derived from the same word “Talahumali,” and are used interchangeably.