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BC Conservative leader tells MLAs to start using the term 'Indian' (dailyhive.com)
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Kerry-Lynne Findlay, the leader of the BC Conservatives, has told MLAs to stop using the term 'First Nations' and use other terms instead.

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[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

Totally agree; I’ve been reserving “Indian” for people from India for the past 40+ years.

I used to get funny looks for it sometimes and people trying to correct me to say “East Indian” — to which my response was always “they’re Indian. Anyone from the West Indies could be called West Indian if they want, but these people aren’t from East India, they’re from India.”