For those of you who don’t know, geneocide is defined as: rticle II of the Convention clearly defines genocide as any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: (a) Killing members of the
any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; (d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; (e)
Forcibly transferring children of the groups to another group
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In using the English language, we are referred to in the constitution and treaties as “Indian” which came from the Spanish word “Indios”; which was derived from the Latin words In (with) Dio (God).
In America, which has always had trouble with telling the correct history,we are
called “Indian” because Christopher Columbus allegedly was searching for a route to the country which is called India today.
However, in that time period, India was referred to as Hindustan.
American was later called “America” because of a well known trader who established
a lot of trade points.
“Native American” is a term that has recently evolved and been used by a lot of Indigenous people in lieu of American Indian.
However, the word “Native” means you were born there not necessarily where your DNA comes from. In essence, anyone born in an