Talk:Native/Archive 1

Native is a concept of belonging, the root of all man kinds sense of self or perception of purpose. Bigger than the need for food and shelter belonging is the life spirit. What you sense you belong to, what you seek to belong to marks your emotional, spiritual, intellectual and social status. For humans to survive on planet earth we must elevate the platform of our identity from roots of race, location, religion, and political identification to a grander collaboration of belonging to ideas of freedom, inclusion, tolerance, liberty, fair play, and shared responsibility. Native in this regard implies less value to non native and as such is discriminating, a power play, a seperation of identity, and devisive. Native mentality in a nut shell is "you don't belong"  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.88.37.43 (talk) 11:43, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Isn't everything in this article a dictionary definition? It even opens with: "native as an adjective or noun [means]..." Xaxafrad 03:27, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

Learning
i need to learn about them or i need facts that i can turn into a test...... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.174.135.72 (talk) 19:44, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Native are the best as a matter of fact !! The native people taught us to survive through winter they taught s how to make corn and very excellent medcines !! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.197.224.161 (talk) 21:32, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

As an American Indian I can tell you that we HATE the term Native American. HATE IT! Native American is NOT something we call ourselves with pride. We are AMERICAN INDIANS! Get your facts right before you just start stringing words together. TempusVox (talk) 19:06, 30 December 2009 (UTC)areu seriosItalic text

Neutrality Tag
Is the neutrality tag on this article still neccessary? It seems oddly placed and the talk page does not seem to have any indication of why the tag is here. I assume it is in reference to the associated perception of British colonial usage but it should be clarified.Ajh16 (talk) 16:04, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Should the section on colonial use of term Native be removed or modified to indicate that it is percieved that way by particular groups? I have not been able to find any references to broad usage of Native as a derogatory term.Ajh16 (talk) 18:24, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
 * http://www.infoplease.com/spot/aihmterms.html had some information indicating that it is no longer considered an issue by most American Indians. This is counter to the current reading of the article.Ajh16 (talk) 18:28, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Removing POV tag as it was originally entered by a banned IP and updates may have addressed the issue.Ajh16 (talk) 18:45, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

British colonialism
This excerpt from the intro paragraph is very suspect to me: "However, in the context of colonialism—in particular, British colonialism—the term 'natives', as applied to the inhabitants of colonies [emphasis mine], assumed a disparaging and patronising sense, implying that the people concerned were incapable of taking care of themselves and in need of Europeans to administer their lives; therefore, these people resent the use of the term and consider it insulting, and at present Europeans usually avoid using it." Granted, my limited knowledge of British colonialism is limited to high school history classes, but I've never heard the word "native" used to describe British colonists. Instead, it's usually used by the colonists to describe the indigenous inhabitants of the colonized region. If by "the inhabitants of colonies" the author is referring to the indigenous population, then that needs to be specified.--Subversive Sound (talk) 23:41, 4 July 2010 (UTC)