Some Native Americans do not like the term Native American. Explain why they reject this name.
Many of them reject this name because they do not want to be called Americans.
One person in the BBC Video said that living in poverty does not mean they are poor. What do you think he meant by that
I think he meant by that because he may be poor in money, but he is not poor in spirit.
Some Native Americans approve of the team name Redskins. What is their reason for approving this name while others do not?
Some people might say it is okay because the team has always been called that and there is no reason to change the name now.
In the CNN segment, there was a story told about a woman who used to approve of the name Redskins, and now does not. What changed? Why does she no longer approve of the name?
Because in the reservation, the name was not really offensive to her because she and her friends were Native Americans. When she left the reservation, she was offended because non-Native Americans were using that term.
How can non-Native people help others learn about Native Americans current issues? What can we do to help?
We can stop using the offensive names like red skins. We can give land back to the people that used to own it.