[Mojo is me]

Some tribes disagree, and use the word "Indians" themselves.

Languages change and grow. A term may originally been meant offensively, but now now.

For example, in the 1930's, the preferred term was Negro and "black" was considered an insult. In the 1970's James Brown sang "Say it again and say it Loud--I'm BLACK and I'm proud". Then the term African-American became popular.

Many, many people--including some tribes---use the word INdian and mean nothing negative at all. You should not necessarily assume an insult is meant with no further info. Do we the the PC speech police or what??

[Hobbit]

I'm sure that members are aware of this, but 'Thank you' for pointing it out.

I think as long as members are aware that no offence was intended or implied, we can move on and put this thread back on track.

Thank you.

Hobbit

[Evil Agent]

Do we the the PC speech police or what?? Not at all. I was simply mentioning it because, I believe, Mithfanion is somewhere in Europe, not North America, and I thought it was very likely he didn't know that the term could be taken as offensive. And in BC, on Canada's west coast, it is definitely not used.

Anyway, it is an interesting question. As I saw in a different thread, Erikson's Wickans in his 2nd Malazan book, Deadhouse Gates, seem to be partly based on Native Americans. But I don't personally know of any books that are purely based on them.

[FicusFan]

Well if we are talking 'based on'. I have heard that the alien culture that is being threatened with extinction in CJ Cherryh's Faded Sun trilogy, now republished in an omnibus edition, is based on a southwest Native American tribe. Not sure which one: Navajo, Comanche, Apache ? I read it somewhere as part of a comment/critique of the story, but don't remember the tribe invovled, other than it was in the southwest. It is also SF and not fantasy, but it is the only thing that springs to mind.

[Paladin]

You might want to consider Chesapeake or Centennial by James Michener

[kansasbarbarian]

Ned and Zeke by Larry McMurtry is pretty good. Any of the biographical books on the Chiefs e.g. Geronimo,Red Cloud,Crazy Horse,Gall,and Quanah Parker.
Tim