On Sat, 04 Aug 2012 12:30:15 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> Native american: I was born in America.
> 
> American Indian: My ancestors 1000 years ago were born in America.

Here in Utah, that's not the common parlance.

"Native American" here generally is taken to mean a member of an American 
Indian tribe (the term "Indian" as applied to indigenous peoples is now 
seen even here in Utah as a misnomer, applied because Columbus thought 
he'd reached India, as you probably know).

"American Citizen" is used to reflect someone who is a citizen of the US; 
"Natural Born [American] Citizen" is used to denote someone who received 
their citizenship by being born here.

Jim

Post a reply to this message