What is your opinion about gambling, Makah whaling, the Washington Redskins, the Bering Strait, the Y-Indian-Princesses, blood quantums, etcetera, etcetera?
Native Languages of the Americas does not take any position on any non-linguistic Indian issue. Our linguistic opinion is that Indian languages have been forcibly driven to the brink of extinction by aggressive assimilation, not just drifted into disuse, and that by maintaining the pride, prestige, and practicality of bilingualism, many of them can still be saved. Just look at Navajo. As for other Indian issues, Orrin has written articles on some of them, if you would like to read them: Native Americans and the Bering Strait theory, blood quantum, mixed-bloods, and Indian wannabees, the YMCA and the Y-Indian Guides/Princesses, Native American religion and spirituality, increasing Native Americans’ Internet visibility, and myth of the Cherokee princess. However, we want to make clear that those are his personal opinions and not necessarily those of the Cherokee Nation, not necessarily those of the websites we link to, not necessarily Laura’s, not necessarily his own family’s, and the op
