Iron mine shaft, now protected as a wintering place for bats.

IV not an easy thing on this gal.

Istanbul

Inca ruins.

The Indus River

Ice cream makes everything even better

More ice cream

and More Ice Cream

Ice water

Iris

Iron table legs. The top 4" is carved wood, leather topped.

Investigations at Stonehenge

Another iris ;^)

Ilha Grande, Brazil

Irish coast

ironweed

Very old Iron horseshoe found here on our mountain property.

Indian baskets or to be politically correct, Native American baskets.

Ice fishing.

tj

The term "Native American" is falling out of favor with many tribes - some prefer to be called "American Indian" (especially ones I have met in southern California), but the best term would be the name of the tribe that they are from. The ones in Coachella Valley mostly call themselves "Cahuilla Indians" and their property is called "Indian land." This is an important real estate distinction.

The casinos are called "Indian Casinos".

If your photo is from a museum, the museum should have identified the tribe that made the baskets, and that is the term I would use. It is always better to be more specific than more general, as it shows more respect for a person's culture. The baskets are very beautiful, and I would like to know more about them.

In British Columbia, I always made the distinction between Haida and Kwakiutl and could tell them apart from their designs, both of which I liked very much. The more information one has about their art, the more valuable it is considered.

The rugs I collected in Oaxaca, Mexico are definitely Zapotec in design, and that is what I call them. They have some similarities to Pueblo designs but are still easy to distinguish. I also like Hopi art but have not collected any of it - it can get expensive.

Anyway, what is considered "politically correct" is changing, and it can be difficult to keep up!

In Texas, the Comanche Indians were not well liked by other tribes, who do not like being lumped together with them. The more history you know about peoples, they more interesting they are. I've spent a lot of time learning about various native tribes in Mexico, and lot of them there have retained their identities and languages. The term "Indios" is still used in Mexico to refer to the native tribes there.

What happened to the term Amerind? I thought it was to distinguish between North American Indians and India Indians. But I've not seen the term used in a long time.

Out here in New Mexico where we have a HUGE number of different tribes, they tend to refer to themselves by either their specific pueblo or tribe name, for example “Santo Domingo“ or “SD“, or they say “Native”. Many tourists tend to say ”Indians”. We, that have lived here long enough, usually say “Natives”. I do hear a lot of folks say ”Native Americans” too. Natives like that ok, although not “Indians” so much.

It’s a moot point, though, and we all know who you’re referring to and that you don’t mean to be disrespectful.

I realize that she was trying to be respectful, but I was pointing out that there is no one correct way to do it and was offering options, which will vary from region to region.

I visited Taos NM in 1966, and I seem to remember the people there calling themselves Taos Indians, but that was a long time ago.

For some reason, the tribes here have kept "Indian" as part of their name - I think they prefer that to "American," and I can understand that.