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"Smithsonian Institution senior linguist Ives Goddard spent seven months researching its history and concluded that 'redskin' was first used by Native Americans in the 18th century to distinguish themselves from the white 'other' encroaching on their lands and culture.
When it first appeared as an English expression in the early 1800s, 'it came in the most respectful context and at the highest level,' Goddard said in an interview."
Washington Post: A Linguist's Alternative History of 'Redskin', 3 okt 2005

Det rör bland annat om baseball-laget ska få kalla sig "Redskins" - se Rödskinnen tillbaka,Blind Höna 9 okt 2003.

Goddards original-artikel heter "I Am A Red-Skin": The Adoption of a Native American Expression (1769–1826)" (pdf, 20 sidor).

Ännu ett omtvistat indian-ord: Hölls olympiaden i Fittdalen?, Blind Höna 9 april 2005


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