I'm puzzled

Which isn't really anything new for me.

On the drive down here, something came to my attention that just made me go, "Huh?"

Why is it that the

Florida Seminoles

and the

Miccosukee Tribe

still call themselves the very politically incorrect Indians and not "Native Americans"?

As we drove through the Everglades, we saw sign after sign for the "Miccosukee INDIAN Villages". Signs that, I might add, are posted by the Indians, themselves. Even the signs on the villages themselves say "Indian". Not Native American villages...Indian. They have the "Miccosukee INDIAN Casino", too. In fact, I haven't seen hide nor hair of the phrase "Native American" anywhere around here.

I'm really not tryin to be a smart ass here. Which IS something new for me, I know. But I'd love to learn just why it's ok for these particular tribes to call themselves Indians, but other tribes get so damn offended at the word "Indian".

It just confuses us 'non-Indians', doncha know?

I dunno...I guess it's because I'm a kinda 'black and white' kinda gal...all or nothing...but it just seems to me that it kinda takes a big bite outa the whole 'politically correct' argument.

Anyone got an answer?