On Sat, 04 Aug 2012 16:05:16 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> On 8/4/2012 14:59, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> Yes, I know. I do it out of spite.

I figured you did, which is why I was puzzled by it myself. :)

>> "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.
> 
> That would be the correct legal terms, yes.

Well, not just legal terms, but round here, it's common terminology 
outside the legal field.

Maybe it's a bigger thing here in Utah, though - July 24 is "Pioneer 
Day".  Some of the local Native American tribes have started a 
celebration in parallel - a sort of intertribal powwow.

Pioneer Day in Utah is *big*.  Bigger than the 4th of July.  Seriously, 
it's crazy here on the 24th, and the 4th doesn't seem like anywhere near 
as big of a deal.

Jim

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