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A PART of the Proceedings of the Anthropological Society of Washington, at a meeting on May 23, seem destined to produce permanent influence on ethnologic nomenclature; this part of the proceedings taking the form of a symposium on the name of the native American tribes. The discussion was opened by Colonel F. F. Hilder, of the Bureau of American Ethnology, with a critical account of the origin of the misnomer “Indian,” applied by Columbus to the American aborigines; he was followed by Major J. W. Powell, who advocated the substitution of the name Amerind, recently suggested in a conference with lexicographers. A communication by Dr. O. T. Mason followed, in which the various schemes of ethnologic classification and nomenclature were summarised and discussed. Contributions to the symposium were made also by Dr. Albert S. Gatschet, Dr. Thomas Wilson, and Miss Alice C. Fletcher. At the close of the discussion the contributions were summarised by President McGee as follows:—
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“Amerind”—A Suggested Designation for American Aborigines. Nature 60, 188–189 (1899). https://doi.org/10.1038/060188a0
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