As an alumni of the U.S. Cavalry, I must admit we're very good at it.

@bigpawbullets it makes me sad

well you are not aware. You would not believe. There were hundreds of tribes that the USA slaughtered and took their land.

There are Sioux, Choctaw, Ute, Mohawk, Cherokee, Crow, Blackfoot, Apache, Navajo, and the list goes on and on.

@BettyColeman

No. I mean the word 'Indian' being used to describe Native Americans.

I once knew a Native American. He told me off once when I used the term 'Indian'. He didn't like it.

But I guess some people do use the term.

@Ellatynemouth Do you want them to be Indians from India who came here to live?

@BettyColeman

I try to be respectful of people. When my friend told me off for calling him an 'Indian' I stopped using the word.

Please tell me what I've done wrong.

@Ellatynemouth I really try to call them Indigenous people of our country as that is what they are. We came up with the term native Americans not who they are

@AmelieMatisse

I try to do the right thing. Perhaps some 'Native Americans' are divided on the issue. Indigenous Americans sounds better. But it's for them.

@Ellatynemouth it all gets confusing because everyone has a different preference. I think that you have the correct point in saying you try to do the right thing as that is all we can do.

@Ellatynemouth I understand. If someone finds something offensive, they deserve compassion and our hearts.

@Ellatynemouth I like that and have heard themed referred to as that.

@PeaceByGreenJobs this is why I use the term indigenous or just the word native. It is their land, they were here. I don't even consider myself American and as far as I'm concerned Indians are people from India. My great great grandfather was half Indigenous from his mother's side. My family conveniently lost that info along with a great great grandmother on the other side who was Sephardic Jew. I live 30 miles from the Carlisle Barracks where there was an"Indian Industrial School" that stripped the young children from their families in order to Americanize them. Our country has done horrendous things. Thank you for sharing your history. I still don't even know what native tribe my great great grandfather came from.