• Stovetop@lemmy.world
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        8 hours ago

        That’s Canadian, the US doesn’t refer to indigenous Americans as “First Nations”. Native American is still the academic go-to south of the border.

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          Academic circles have preferred “American Indian” for a couple decades now. You still see “Native American” in lower-level materials (undergraduate and below), though.

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        8 hours ago

        looks like an older Canadian textbook, not US.

        trail of tears is a centerpiece in any section on native American history in US schools.

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          Yeah having lived in both countries, until recently the US was miles ahead in admitting its wrongs on Indigenous people. Things are starting to change here but I was amazed when I first moved to Canada how few knew the history.