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August 19, 2005

Indian Names Revisited

In response to the NCAA’s ruling about using American Indian references, the Pentagon released news that they will no longer be using Indian references in the names of their readiness exercise titles.

In July, Adm. Timothy Keating, head of Northern Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command, sent a memo to the Pentagon that said exercises such as "Amalgam Fencing Brave" will, as of October 1, be referred to as "Amalgam Fencing Dart." As another example: The exercise "Amalgam Warrior" will be called "Amalgam Phantom."

At this rate, no one will ever be able to speak of an Indian again. Kids will all be playing “Cowboys and Shoe Salesmen," although I guess that is a tad outdated anyway. We are going to have to change the names of cities such as Milwaukee and Sioux Falls. That is degrading, isn’t it?

You know what the sad part about this is? Pretty soon there will be no more of these references and the American Indians will start complaining that no one recognizes their heritage anymore, and I would be behind them 100%.

G-Dawg Posted by G-Dawg on August 19, 2005 at 12:26 PM

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Having Italian heritage, I'm offended by the misspelling of the great navigator Amerigo Vespucci. I demand a correction, or the discontinued usage of his name for the United States.

I also demand reparations for my Italian-American people.

btw, what is your source of your above quote?

Posted by: rammage at August 19, 2005 12:50 PM

Posted by: G-Dawg at August 19, 2005 1:02 PM

Since when do Amerigan Indian tribes have sole rights to the term "warrior"? I swear I thought this was from scrappleface when I first read your article. This is stupid - my final comment.

Posted by: Wulf at August 19, 2005 3:03 PM