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Perspectives vary on offensive words
Thursday, November 05, 2009 | No comments posted.
I’m not sure where to go with this, being a half-breed raised as a white girl here locally, and not let into my actual ancestry until I was in my 50s, which was a few years back. I still have no cause to be offended by the word “squaw” to describe the adult Native American female. In fact, it only seems to serve to raise me to the cause of being an adult American native female.
This I know, however, I have Lakota heritage also, and the use of the word Sioux or Sioux City Sue to describe my other grandmother is downright disgusting.
This I know, however, I have Lakota heritage also, and the use of the word Sioux or Sioux City Sue to describe my other grandmother is downright disgusting.
Rebecca Anderson
North Bend
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