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Date: | Tue, 3 May 1994 16:30:00 -0400 |
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Working on something totally unrelated to hockey, I came across an
article that explains the objection of some tribes to their commonly used
names. It says that the Sisseton-Wahpeton-Sioux tribe changed its name
to the Sisseton-Wahpeton-Dakota Nation because they said that they
consider the name Sioux to be derogatory. They said it comes from the
French version of a Chippewa word. The Chippewa tribe called their
enemies "Nadouessioux," a kind of snake.
The article also talks about the origins of and/or objections to Navajo,
Papagos, Apache, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Chippewa, Crow, Hopi, and Mohawk.
Carol
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