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From: oliver@unc.UUCP (Bill Oliver)
Newsgroups: net.nlang.africa
Subject: Re: derogatory words
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Date: Sun, 12-May-85 00:37:07 EDT
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Posted: Sun May 12 00:37:07 1985
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In article <hou2h.906> rotimi@hou2h.UUCP (R.GBADAMOSI) writes:
>Does anyone out there know why people talk about tribes only when referring
>					         ~~~~~~
>to African peoples?

Now, the Chickasaw side of my family doesn't seem to think that being in a
tribe is derogatory at all.  There are some folk back home in 
Oklahoma who are pretty proud to belong to a tribe (though indeed, 
many folk prefer "nation" - it all depends on the context and who is
saying what).


slightly homesick,

Bill Oliver

"Way down yonder in the Indian Nation
 I rode my pony on the reservation,
 in them Oklahoma hills where I belong......"