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Thread #168095   Message #4060641
Posted By: Jeri
21-Jun-20 - 06:32 PM
Thread Name: Swing Low Sweet Chariot
Subject: RE: Swing Low Sweet Chariot
Indians actually prefer "Indian". "Red" is just stupid. No USian calls them that, anyway.

I met a guy, a chief, who, with his wife, made really great lifelike dolls, in authentic dress from various tribes. He'd been an actor, and had been in a lot of old westerns in the day. He was never cast in a speaking part because he'd gone to Oxford, and sounded like it.
OMG - I had to poke around. Everybody's on Wikipedia
Chief White Eagle/Basil F Heath (His heritage is questionable, but I don't personally care.)