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To be more politically correct, should Indiana have a name change? What would be a good name?

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Posted - July 3, 2022
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  • 1633
    Native Americana
      July 3, 2022 4:46 PM MDT
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  • 44652
    Excellent.
      July 3, 2022 5:22 PM MDT
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  • 1633
      July 3, 2022 5:41 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    No. Actual native Americans don't mind being called Indians.
      July 3, 2022 6:14 PM MDT
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  • 44652
    Then why the change in Cleveland for the baseball team? Did anyone complain? I still call them the Indians.
      July 4, 2022 1:23 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    I have no idea. But the Chief Wahoo logo was more offensive than the name.
      July 4, 2022 1:33 PM MDT
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  • 193
    Injunland.
      July 3, 2022 6:35 PM MDT
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  • 34452
    Should Oklahoma have to change their name as well?   It translates to "Red People."

    Indiana's name is fine. 
      July 4, 2022 7:44 AM MDT
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  • 3907
    Hello:

    Words that honor Native Americans should be celebrated..  However, Native American swear words should not..  Squaw Peak in Phoenix, for example, is now known as Piestewa Peak.

    The word "squaw" is a part of the female anatomy.  

    excon
      July 4, 2022 8:08 AM MDT
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  • 44652
    Thank you.
      July 4, 2022 1:24 PM MDT
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  • 16838
    Potawatomi or Shawnee, given those are the Native American nations that claim it. (Delaware already exists elsewhere, as does Miami).
      July 5, 2022 12:11 AM MDT
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