User:GOP904

Proud Comanche modern day warrior.

I am proud to take on the fight for my people. I find it far too often that white men and women - even more so if they have a splash of Indian blood - pretend to speak for the modern day Indian. Please stop! We are NOT "Native Americans" we are Comanche and Choctaw and Seminoles. If you must group us together, please use American Indians. Even though a 1996 poll stated clearly that we prefer this term, the white folks out there still insist that this offends us - it doesn't!

And please stop speaking for me and my people when it comes to sports teams. Names like Braves, Indians and Chiefs do not offend us! If you want to start anywhere, go after banning the name Sooners from the University of Oklahoma, or Cowboys from Oklahoma State! It was the Cowboys and Sooners that took our land, raped our women, and beat our children. The name Redskins isn't even offensive. After all, Oklahoma is Choctaw for "home of the Redman."

This is a big deal to me. You take away our history by ignoring our voyage from Asia to America when you call us Native . You erase our existence when you name sports teams after white men and groups but banned Indian names. I don't know how many of you realize what you are doing to a disappearing people.