Talk:Native American

"crossing the Bering land bridge sometime after the Great Flood."

Sorry, but that italic part should read "anywhere from 15,000 to up to 60,000 years ago"

It had to happen during an Ice Age, where, ironically, my edit stating that none have ever occurred (since they were all pre-Creation), was removed.

Feel free to also state the "fact" that YEC's think it happened post-4004 BC or so. Human 21:37, 22 April 2007 (EDT)

This page should be renamed to "American Indian". A native American is anyone who was born to Americans in America. RSchlafly 13:37, 13 May 2007 (EDT)

Native American is the term applied to those inhabitants of the New World before the arrival of Columbus and their descendants per the US Census, BIA, and many other government agencies, along with the anthropology and history departments of universities across America. Many modern Native American groups are moving away from the use of the term Indian, as it is a name given to them by Europeans, and is not self-referent. Prof0705 13:51, 13 May 2007 (EDT)

All those people use the term "Indian" just as commonly. The term "American" is also European in origin. Perhaps the article could explain that some people have an ideological reason for preferring a particular term. RSchlafly 14:36, 13 May 2007 (EDT)

Only in an archaic sense does it apply to non-Indians--Davyjones 14:17, 21 May 2007 (EDT)