Re: I think you'll find that the term "natives" is considered downright disrespectful by most people . . . nt
Hey, if you call the Natives "Indians" around here they'll beat the crap out of you! In Canada they are offically and commonly called Natives (as "native" means that their people "occur naturally" or are indigeneous to this area, whereas the rest of us were transported here) and are either called First Nations, First Peoples, or their tribe name otherwise.
I am not native myself, but can we please stop getting hung up on nomenclature.