Indian giver was a derogative not directed at Native Americans but towards the U.S. Govt., for a string of broken treaties and broken promise,s made by the ‘white man’ The Feds were famous for giving tribes land rights and then rescinding them. Hence, Indian givers.
" Injun’ " could be construed in modern day PC thinking as being a slightly racist construct, if you’re so inclined to read it that way, but then consider the expression " Honest, Injun’ ! " which can be interpreted either way.
Personally, I am not offended by the words people use, but how they say them, and what they mean to construe by them.
Indian giver was a derogative not directed at Native Americans but towards the U.S. Govt., for a string of broken treaties and broken promise,s made by the ‘white man’ The Feds were famous for giving tribes land rights and then rescinding them. Hence, Indian givers.
" Injun’ " could be construed in modern day PC thinking as being a slightly racist construct, if you’re so inclined to read it that way, but then consider the expression " Honest, Injun’ ! " which can be interpreted either way.
Personally, I am not offended by the words people use, but how they say them, and what they mean to construe by them.