Talk:American Indian



If you look at this picture, in the middle there are two other starfleet officers in Native American headgear (the lady and the man). Zsingaya Talk 22:44, 7 Nov 2005 (UTC)

Paradise Syndrome characters
Would it be better to move the info for the Native American characters from to a page like Amerind residents or something, or should they stay here? Since Amerind is the planet their living on, it might be a good idea to have a page for the planet's occupants and use it much like our species pages. --From Andoria with Love 20:36, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Agreed. Jaf 20:53, 28 July 2006 (UTC)Jaf

Naming
Does anyone have canon source on the term used (ie, American Indian, Native American)? If there is no canonical name source, I recommend we switch to Indigenous peoples of the Americas which is the academically accepted term. --- Jaz 15:42, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Short answer, yes. Longer answer, yes: "North American Indian" (rf. ) and "American Indian" (rf. ;, ); "Native American" (rf. ); "Indian" (rf. , , , , , , , , ), and two to "Indian" (as in, "from India"; rf , ). Oddly, there seem to be no references to "Indigenous peoples of the Americas".--Alan 14:38, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Why only Native American?
Why not Aboriginal or First Nations many of them whom I talk to don't like the name Native American. 66.183.195.110 00:51, April 23, 2013 (UTC)


 * The term American Indian was used in canon, so that's what we use. Probably it was used since Star Trek is an American production.  I believe the few times Aboriginal was used it was used to refer to the original inhabitants of Australia; the term "First Nations" was not used in canon AFAIK. 31dot (talk) 02:51, April 23, 2013 (UTC)