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A must read, I implore my audience to give it a min: https://www.americanforests.org/article/the-trees-that-miss-the-mammoths/ :)

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[–] can@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Make that two!

Good read, but is it really still that common to use "Indian" that way?

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It very much depends.

Like Inuits and Eskimos, some prefer one term and are offended by the other, and with others it's the other way around..

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 22 hours ago

Interesting. In Canada you only hear it from things named a while ago.