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67.231.194.182 (talk) 20:02, 6 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

American Indians should be changed to Native Americans. Since "Indians" is just a mistake made by Christopher Columbus.

I did it, although some quotes couldn't be changed obviously.βӪᑸᙥӴ • Talk • Contribs 17:00, 7 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

We go by Common Name - that, and the vast majority of the indigenous lower-48 state American First Nations PREFER to go by "Indian." HammerFilmFan (talk) 15:26, 7 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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"Native Americans" should be changed back to "American Indians." They have been called "Indians" for over 500 years, and "American Indians" is the standard terminology. You should not change words merely to pander to the woke police. Headystorm (talk) 09:34, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit semi-protected}} template. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 10:13, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I understand many indigenous Americans prefer "(American) Indian" to "Native American", as that is what they have always called themselves. Koro Neil (talk) 21:24, 15 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

“American Indian“ and “Native American” are both acceptable I believe, so in this case the status quo should be preserved. Swyix (talk) 23:26, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Better summary information?

There's some basic summary information that I had trouble finding in this article: how many members did the expedition have, and what were there names? How many died on the trip?

Aftermath: Stephen Ambrose sentence

The Aftermath section has a full sentence apparently taken directly from “Reporting to the President, September 23-December 31, 1806” by Stephen Ambrose without attribution:

In the course of their journey, they acquired a knowledge of numerous tribes of Native Americans hitherto unknown; they informed themselves of the trade which may be carried on with them, the best channels and positions for it, and they are enabled to give with accuracy the geography of the line they pursued. 2600:6C4A:413F:97A0:217F:C530:692D:BA0A (talk) 04:58, 11 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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