The only resistance I have to using the term "Indian" is that I live in a community with a significant population of both American Indians AND Indian-Americans. That is, people whose ancestors come from India, the country. You can imagine the confusion that develops when the terms "Indian-American" and "American Indian" need to be used in same sentence.

Hihi, Canadian here. Aboriginal has been generally rejected by the indigenous people here. You'll find it in textbooks and legal writing but we just use indigenous here, at least in Southern Ontario and Quebec. There's an article by Taiaiake Alfred named "Colonial Stains on Our Existence" and a section in it called "Spaces We Occupy" where the first 5 or so paragraphs talk about the term, it's worth a read imo. :)

What about the difference between “Nation” and “Tribe”? I feel like those have important legal and social implications

As a certified Cherokee who grew up in the capital of Cherokee county in a Cherokee nation housing project I speak from experience when I say "Quit making new titles, we're Indians, damn it"

My wife is an Anishinaabe woman, And her great grandmother was sent to a "wash the native away" school at the age of 4 when her mom died. As a result of that school she used derogatory terms for natives until her thirties when she found out she was one.

I’m from mexico and in our spanish the word indian (translated as “indio”) is basically a slur, to the point that even calling people from india that feels super weird. So I always shied away from the term in english. This is good to know! But please don’t call any mexican “indio” ever lmao

Don't forget creoles! The Métis\Mestizo of the US south! My family is from Louisiana and I'm predominantly French and Native. There are a bunch of different terms for us based on region and specific ethnic blend however.

I went on a road trip around the US and spent quite some time in native reservations. I was surprised by how much the answer varied. Even among the American Indian population there is disagreement. Almost like they’re not a monolith. But all in all I do recommend visiting and learning about their individual cultures. It’s all fascinating

Amerindians is what they say in Caribbean countries like Guyana because Guyana has people of Indian decent from the Indian subcontinent so I'm guessing it's a way to distinguish

You should have kept going - do a worldwide version of this. I know that'd be a big task, as you really need to consult alot of people to make sure you're getting it right. It would be worth it though, I think this is very helpful to people and well made.

The term "Indian" seems to be coming less popular now due in part to the increasing number of South Asian immigrants. It causes increasing confusion.

In Australia we've also started calling our Indigenous population "First Nations". I have no idea when or why this started though

Latin american indigenous system is an extremely complex system (usually called "indigenous ethnicities"). Some of indigenous identities are extremely strong: Quechua in Peru and Ecuador, Aymara in Bolivia, Guarani in Paraguay, Mapuche in Chile, Maya in Guatemala, sort of. Mexico has thousands of extremely strong different ethnicities, some of the most importants are nahuans, mayans, mixtec, zapotec, otomi, etc. Most of the times, you'll have a mixed identity between spanish (criollo) and indigenous -mestizo-, black and spanish -mulato-. And many times, it is a mixture of spanish, indigenous and black people altogether (usually called mestizo too).

I think there are some problems with this oversimplification, namely the focus on the term "Indigenous" being defined against European settlers. One of the issues with the term "Indigenous" as applied to people from non-settler states (such as Japan with Ainu people, the Middle East with Assyrians, Kurds, Yazidis, Armenians, etc, Basque in Spain and France, and others) is that it is very vague and lacks the comparatively clear distinction between settlers and settled that you see in the New World.

I put on the video expecting a 40 minute video and was surprised when it was over in 4. Banger as always Mr. KB.

I've been checking the channel regularly for about a month just to see a new upload. Your topics are always interesting to me, so I'm excited to see this new project of yours!

loving the quality ferret content i'm in MN and confused about the Dakota/Lakota/Ojibwe split, now that you mention it. i can't wait to watch the full vid.

Always excited to see a knowing better video

I was just wondering yesterday when you might post again. I love your content. You have helped to show my world views a lot in the last two years.

Im glad this came out. Ive been stuck at Knowing Good

Love the long content. Love the small.

I feel like "indigenous" also has an additional implication of political and/or social disadvantage in some way. Like the northern Chinese Han are technically indigenous to that region but we don't think about them in that way because they're the demographic majority and also hold the political power in the region.

Came here after I saw a 10 questions where you mentioned nobody watched these. I'm subscribed and the algorithm never even let me know these were uploaded! So watching now!

I'm just happy a video came out!!!!!

To be fair: There are people who will get mad at you for asking others how they wish to be addressed. Luckily those people should be ignored.

Here I’m Michigan’s upper peninsula, my tribe the “Sault tribe of Chippewa Indians” predominantly call each other “Indian”, but many people tend to call us natives. Personally, I don’t mind native, but I definitely know quite a few people who strongly dislike being called native. The main reason for this post I suppose is to explain that many people view the use of “Indian” as wrong, offensive, insensitive, or even possibly bigoted. But I did want to share the fact that not all tribes feel that way. Most people in my tribe prefer to use, and be called Indian.

2 Knowing Better videos at once? Absolute madlad

I'm not sure what's the definition in English, but the meaning of the word "indigenous" is just "born there", and defines any local population that didn't migrate to a place (so also Europeans in Europe). "Aboriginals" means "since the origins", and kind of means exactly what you said about indigenous: "a population that was there when the place was put on a map or in writing".

I think a note on how to ask would be good. "what are you?" can definitely have someone make fun of you

Geographical guides are helpful.

The CGP Grey influence on this video is crazy 😂

Eskimo is still used academically as an umbrella term that groups together the Inuit of North America and Yupik of Siberia, but not the Aleuts, Tlingit and other Alaskan natives. This has to do with linguistic and archeological taxonomies I don't really understand.

I was *literally* in the process of looking you back up again because I realized I hadn't seen any vids from you for some months now... then this showed up 7 minutes ago (as I was scanning stuff)... lol

You letting Ferret roam around the back yard is a bold move dude. love your vids!

Hope you will keep making more long form content

The last time I was this early to a Knowing Better was... Well never. KZfaq got me in the feed before the notification even arrived lmao. Nice!

Another knowing better video!!!! Whoooooo!!!

This is great. Watched it prior to your essay and I almost cried thinking about how ignorant I’ve been.

Love all the ferret footage at the ends of videos :3

Describing indigineus people in the polar regions, anthropologists still use the word Eskimo. The reason is, that besides the Inuit there also exist the Yupik and the Iñupiat - not counting more subdivisions. Because of that, if you refer to all indigineus people of the polar cricle you still use eskimo. A problem is with indians or native americans. There are tribes which prefer the first term and trübes which prefer the second. Because of that, many anthropologists use a term, they feel comfortable, describing the whole ethnicity.

As a native person i prefer the term native but simply because I'm horrible at spelling indigenous (if other people refer to me that way it's fine I just cannot spell it with out auto correct) but honestly I don't have issues with the term Indian either its just inaccurate. My moms side is native and from the rez, I havent talked to all of them about it as she has 6 sisters and therefore many cousins lol, but my grandparents and the two aunts I'm close with think its kinda ridiculous people get mad over the term Indian. My grandma, very ill and basicly on her death bed, laughed when I asked her if she considered it offensive and if I should stop using it 💀💀💀 Personally I just prefer native because Indian isn't technically accurate and can be confusing because there are like. Actually people from india? But its by no means offensive its just like "why". That being said, me and my family don't speak for everyone, so while I personally and my family dosent see issue with it, there are plenty of native people who dislike it and I can totally understand why, I just personally don't care that much.

"Eskimo" wasn't a term invented by Europeans, but the Cree, where it means "Raw Meat Ester" as a derogatory term.

French speaker here - its pronounced métis with a s at the end. I know it's confusing because most s on French words are silent but métis does NOT have a silent s.

Amerindian is the best term cuz its the shortest that doesnt cause conflict with the original idea that "Indian" refers to and "native american" calls into question what exactly is a "native" since from another perspective, a native is someone born and raised in that place they are native to even though their ancestors were not and this can be said too about the supposed indigenous people because their ancestors have simply moved there for longer periods of time

You're wrong to say that no own uses "Eskimo" anymore. It's certainly not very popular, especially not in Canada, but in Alaska and Siberia a lot of Inuit and Yupik people still use it as a term for their shared identity. Also, anthropologists also use this term to talk about the shared cultural identity of these Arctic people, and it is indeed a colonial term, but no more so than "Amerindian".

Great video

Excellent ferret b-roll over the credits 10/10 excellent long bois

very handy guide thx a lot

The best way to identify these people is to ask them "how should I call you".

He's back

"Indigenous" does not mean "lived there before European colonization". It means native to the area.

You should do more short form stuff like this. Good to watch on breaks at work or in between other tasks.

primer before the class, I like it You're amazing, Teach. =]

Not all Eskimo are Inuit. For example, I’m Inupiaq, one of my former classmates were Yupik, and a former Tutor of mine was Unangan, just to name a few.

Roughly one-third of Latin America is omitted by the comment at 2:50 as Brazil is not part of the Spanish America, so should have mentioned Portuguese-Indigenous as well.

But then calling indigenous Americans American Indians or Indians gets me thinking of guys like Rajputs, Marathas, or Sikhs.

Just a small detail : while I certainly don't contradict the terms you used here, I just wanted to clarify that "Métis" is a french word that can actually be used to talk about any mixed race individual. I just wanted to clarify that for anyone that might get confused when speaking to a french person.

Lovely video

Yoooo, as a Métis person, it feels great to be recognized for once!

This is awesome! Please tell me you’re still making vids. I see it’s been several months since you have. 😢

Indio is an interesting word especially how it's used in the Spanish Caribbean Islands like the Dominican Republic

you made a few points with Eskimos: While there are many Inuit in Alaska, the native peoples of Alaska (and far eastern Russia) include the Aleut people (who traditionally speak a language of the same name). While related to Eskimo, they are not the same group (hence in linguistics we have the Eskimo-Aleut language family). The Aleut people were never considered to be Eskimos (though from the perspective of many whites presumably there would not have been much difference so I presume they would have been labelled Eskimo in ignorance). Eskimo itself is a cover term for the Inuit and Yupik peoples collectively, although as the Yupik are a much smaller group, many have just accepted being referred to as Inuit, even though they are two distinct groups (which further subdivide into languages and peoples). You're right in that none of these three groups identify with the term Eskimo (although we still use it in academia because Eskimo as a grouping is still meaningful), but the word Eskimo itself is often misrepresented. There is a commonly repeated myth that it's a slur meaning raw fish eaters or things of this nature, which is untrue. The exact origin is unknown, but it is most likely to be an English corruption of a French corruption of an Innu (Montagnais) exonym translating to "ties/laces a snowshoe". The raw fish eating is a tentative etymology linked to Cree, but there is no evidence for this derivation.

As an American Indian, I don't hear many others saying "Native American" unless they live off-reservation. That tends to happen just because "Indian" because it's viewed as non-PC by a lot of whites, for some reason... While I am by no means conservative (I'm liberal af, really) I tend to refer to "the white man's burden for the modern generation" because it mostly involves white people getting offended for non-white people who aren't offended, and occasionally even telling those non-white people that they should be offended... If anything should be politically incorrect, it's unilaterally dictating to other cultures what should and should not be offensive, based on the values of one's own culture.

You know I just checked if you made any new videos. 😆

When I took a unit on American Indian history at uni, I used the term "Amerindian" in my major essay to save on word count 😅😬😬

You need to check your terms... The collective used in Alaska is "Alaska Native" - and the Alaska Federation of Natives isn't pushing for a change. The King Islanders, Inupiaq and Yupic still (as recently as two years ago) still use Eskimo, and generally get annoyed (sometimes to anger) by "American Indian." They also do not use and will usually firmly correct people about using the term "Tribe" - they don't have tribes. They are, and have been since before Russian colonization, village based, despite seasonal migration. The Aleut are also not tribal, subcultural-identity by island... which generally also equates to village. The Athabaskan, Tligntit, Tsimshian, Haida, and a couple others prefer their terms to American Indian by far, again, sometimes to anger. Only the Metlakatla were officially recognized with a reservation until 1974 - hence the need for the 1974 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act - and the Metlakatla are the only group with a reservation in Alaska. BIA oversees some elements of ANCSA. The Metlakatla have a reservation, are notoriously isolationist. Why do I know this? Teaching for 15 years in Anchorage, Alaska. "American Indian" is a reminder that they didn't get citizenship by birth until the mid 20th C. The AFN openly criticizes the Anthropological community forcing the terms "tribe", "nation", and collective term "American Indian"...

Here in Argentina we also use the terms "indigenous people" and "aboriginals". I guess we have that in common with Canada.

That was a cool short video.

"...just ask. No one will ever get mad at you, or make fun of you." That's a pretty big promise for you to make.

"Just ask." Well, that's actually a relief.

In the eastern Caribbean where there are still amerindians, we refer to them as Kalinago (Amerindian Islanders) and kalina peoples (amerindians from the mainland of south America). There's a push away from referring to them as Caribs, which is a derogatory colonial term

As a settler Canadian, I've only ever seen the term "amerindians" used in French language stuff. And it spelt "amerindiens". I think Canadian French is slowly switching to "autochtones" though.

Waiting on an hour long video.

The Rimworld-ian KB really took me by surprise

Wake up babe, new knowing better video dropped.

Just ask is great advice tbh

I love how you, rightly, put down Prager U in your videos yet they always are the advertisement on your videos 😂😂😂

Depends how you ask..

How about Denisovan?

What about the Tainos in Puerto Rico?

LETS GO KB

Babe wake up, KB uploaded

One thing you forgot to go into were Latin America's indigenous people. I never knew the Maya still existed until last year

I spoke to a Cherokee man who was not too fond of the word "Native American", because it felt like he was having a name forced on him by Amerigo Vespucci. He preferred to just be called Cherokee.

West South America is Andean people it includes people from amazon region as well as they share blood line, Quechuas, Aymaras, Mochicas, Chachapoyas, Chankas, Wankas, Shaurs, Mapuches, puquinas, urus, some guarrani people, wari, pujllas, champas, etc.

2:32 the word eskimo means "raw fish eater" and it was a name given to them by southern indians. Idk if colonial is exactly what I'd call it. In Quebec we usually refer to these people as "Indians". When we want to talk about people from India, we say "Indian Indians". We call people from France "France French" and from England "England English"

Wonder if this means we will be getting new videos again

I was expecting a 40 minute video about this and I got comfy in bed I had to come back to choose another video after such a short time :( This can be very long and interesting well maybe not, I'm a mixed latino from south america so maybe it would be interesting to see how they classify race here over there, maybe it's not that interesting to anyone else.

Huh, métis in french refers to anyone whose parents are of two different skin colour, with the term slowly including parents from just two different origins. It feels weird to see that term attributed to a specific group.

Oh my god he remembered his youtube password

Who would’ve thought asking people what to say would be the best way to figure it out?

Being from the Caribbean we are very familiar with the term Amerindian. We all have to learn about it in every history class progressing through high school. With that knowledge it never dawned on me that they were part of an even larger ancestral group. That's interesting and kind of changes my perspective on the development of the western hemisphere on a whole. Colonialism is a helluva drug.

Just to point out, there are several Alogonquin tribes that still have descendants living today that are neither federally nor state recognised.

I just listened to a song by DJ Shub and KB publishes a video about native americans. Can't believe it.

No long video?

I'm just gonna go with the much simpler Indigenously Aboriginal Native American Indians, thank you very much.

There is no episode, waiting for the nebula drop.

It's weird that this video isn't on Nebula.

How on earth is that ferret not absolutely bouncing off the wall?

What’s the difference between a tribe and a band?