Denali and America's Long History of Using (or Not Using) Indian Names

The term the Canadians favor is “First Nation,” which suffers from being untrue. They had been in the Western Hemisphere for millennia and had, like humans everywhere, made war on each other and occupied each other’s land. The nations present when the Europeans came were hardly first nations. The naming issue points out the complexity of the moral

Unknown Mexico: A Record of Five Years’ Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre.

Hawai‘i, well-known for its mixing of Native, Asian, and European strains, seemed particularly threatening. “We do not want those people to help govern the country,” a Massachusetts newspaper put it baldly. “When future issues arise in the United States Senate, we do not want a situation where vital decisions may depend upon two half-breed senators