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nmnita · 08-09-2019, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by marcopolo666

Thanks to the Catholic hierarchy. Bravo Junipero Serra. (See, somebody was paying attention in history class!)

Thanks that was his name: I listed it as Sierra I guess because of the Sierra Nevada mountains that came to mind

expatCA · 08-09-2019, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by nmnita

and don't forget Father J. Sierra or I think that was his name. He was responsible for all the missions from San Diego up the coast

And all the fields of mustard plants so they would know their way back.

SoCal_Native · 08-09-2019, 01:56 PM

Friday Afternoon blow you away trivia: What was the city of Orange named for? Oranges, right? Wrong. (The City of Orange was formed in 1869 before the first oranges ever got to Orange County AND at that time Orange County didn't exist; the area was part of Los Angeles County.)

Alfred Chapman and Andrew Glassell formed the City of Orange. Why that name? Because they came from Orange County Virginia. But that wasn't named for the fruit either. It was named from The House of Orange in Europe. But that wasn't named from the fruit either! "Orange" came from a corrupted version of Celtic word Arausio, who is the Celtic Water God.
Bottom Line, it's a incredible coincidence the City of Orange was named for something that has nothing to do with what the region became famous for.

OptimusPrime69 · 08-09-2019, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by RoadLessTraveled2015

"Indians"?

This is 2019. The right term is "Native Americans".

No, that is no longer acceptable. It's now "First People"

ABQConvict · 08-09-2019, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by evening sun

That is not accepted as pure truth.

Please define pure truth.

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Originally Posted by OptimusPrime69

No, that is no longer acceptable. It's now "First People"

I work on two different reservations and while most younger indigenous people prefer 'Native' (sans the '-American' part), most people over 40ish still call themselves, and don't mind being called 'Indian'.

As for 'First People", this is the first I ever heard the term except as a general term to encompass Native American with Canadian First Nations and indigenous Mexicans as a sort of collective term for North American indigenous people.