Before colonization, there were a lot of nations here. They were nations with laws, customs, and territory. Thousands of them.
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These nations, the ones that existed before colonization, were made up of distinct peoples. Not one people, but many people.
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Many of these nations exist today. In the US alone, there are Seneca people, Diné people, Lakota people, and more. All different peoples.
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We're talking/writing about different indigenous PEOPLES. Peoples, plural; not people, singular. And not people's, which doesn't make sense.
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525 years after Columbus's arrival, it's important to us as indigenous people to still be recognized. That's kinda what today was about.
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When you write Indigenous People's Day (with the apostrophe) instead of Indigenous Peoples Day, you're signaling that you don't see us.
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I feel happy about Indigenous Peoples Day. But also impotent as an unemployed journo, while non-indigenous journos getting the basics wrong.
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Anyway. That's your free thread from me today. Please don't steal it from me like you did our land. Thanks :)
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They really were not nations. They were tribal.
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Don't try to correct someone when they are in a position to know more than you.
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Why is she in a position to know more than me? I know that it was the British who gave some of the tribes the term “nations”.
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Did you read her whole thread?
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Yes. What is your point?
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Yes, I understand she takes issue with an apostrophe.
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You fail to understand, she's a journo and refers to non-indigenous journos because.... You can get it.... She is indigenous!
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Great thread, thank you for the education.
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Thank you! Many of us EFL speakers use "People's" bcs it seems more natural grammatically—this made me see how important correct writing is.
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Why not plural possessive? Peoples’ day?
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