Talk:Rez dog

Racist?
I've been reverting the attempt to add a statement in the introduction that the term is derogatory and racist. Such a claim would require a citation, at least to published opinion pieces that the term is problematic, rather than a personal opinion on the matter. As far as I can tell the term is not racist, being used mainly by Native Americans themselves and in Native American-related publications, nor is it derogatory even to the dog. There seems to be an affection for the dogs, and their image as down-and-out survivors. The term "rez" is a common informal abbreviation for reservation, again used mostly by people who live there or have some connection. The only questionable issue, I think, is the implication that reservations have a lot of dogs on them, something that is probably true historically but perhaps not the image a modern reservation may want to have. Anyway, if opposition to this term is a real thing that too would be an interesting thing to cover in the article. - Wikidemon (talk) 19:54, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

Native American Dog
So uh...Does this article apply exclusively to post-colonial dogs or Native American village dogs in general? 'Cuz if it was the latter, we could really fix up this article into something good.

American dog
"The distinction between a reservation dog and American dogs in general" what, in this context, is an American dog? Is it a breed bred in North America? Is it any dog living within North America? Is it differenciating between dogs living on a reservation (regardless of breed origins) compared to dogs with indigenous American origins? Wacape (talk) 04:31, 18 September 2018 (UTC)