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September 08, 2004
Quit the Bitchin' and
Let The Games Begin:
The U.S. military’s plans to use North Dakota for war games and that's okay. The state could become the largest special-operations training center in the world. The idea is that North Dakota can serve as a place for mock war exercises in preparation for war. However, the Military also plans to call the area “Dakistan” during the games and that's not okay.
The term, an apparent reference to the stans of central Asia, is described as insensitive and offensive not just to “new citizens” but also to the Native Americans from whose language the word Dakota derives from.
Editorialists say perversion of the Sioux word "Dacotah" by the military is insulting to American Indians and to newcomers displaced from war-torn lands.
Posted by LindaSoG at September 8, 2004 08:48 AM