"Sywash" & other outsiders' terms for Indians

[Dave Robertson]

LhaXayEm,

With any luck, this link--

http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A0=ads-l&D=1&F=&H=0&O=T&S=&T=1

--will work, and will take you to the ADS-L (American Dialect Society)
list archives, where in the January 2001 section ("week 2"--this week,
coincidentally!), you'll find numerous messages discussing the terms

"Indian"
"Injun"
"Ind'in"
"Native American"

and so forth.  It's very rewarding to find out what people think...

Best wishes; alta na lhatwa.
Dave