for native peoples more generally, including Inuit and Métis, who do not fall under the "First Nations" category. Status Indian remains a legal designation because of the Indian Act. Issues affecting the debate Historical, traditional use of a term (example: "Indian" is a name which many elders have known all their lives, and their families may continue to use the familiar term) Rejection of a word perceived as quaint or pejorative (example: "Eskimo") Rejection of names used by outsiders and not used by the tribe itself, or Indigenous peoples at large (example: "Nez Perce" is a French phrase; "Native American" was coined by the US government) Perception that a name is inherently racist, or has over time acquired racist overtones (example: "Redskin") Rejection of names assigned by an occupying and oppressive colonial government or expedition Belief that a name is too inclusive or not inclusive enough of all Indigenous peoples, so does not effectively represent the intended group. Examples: "Aboriginal", more widely associated with Aboriginal Australians, given its wide use on that continent, became a legal designation in section 35 of the Canadian Constitution Act, 1982. The United Nations uses "Indigenous" to refer to all tribal peoples around the world (as their representatives chose to be identified); "Native American" in general use has not applied to Indigenous peoples within Canada or Mexico. Reluctance of tribal peoples to be referred to by a collective, racial name, rather than simply by their traditional, individual name for themselves Belief that a universal or collective name suggests, inaccurately, that the Indigenous cultures referred to are homogeneous, monolithic bodies, rather than the widely varied separate nations and cultures that they are Belief that "Indians" cannot be used to describe global Indigenous cultures when it is already used as the national demonym for citizens from India, a non-Indigenous culture United States "Indian" and "American Indian" (since 1492) Europeans at the time of Christopher Columbus's voyage often referred to all of South and East Asia as "India" or "the Indias/Indies", sometimes dividing the area into "Greater India", "Middle India", and "Lesser India". The oldest surviving terrestrial globe, by Martin Behaim in 1492 (before Columbus' voyage), labels the entire Asian subcontinent region as "India", named ultimately after the Indus River. Columbus carried a passport in Latin from the Spanish monarchs that dispatched him ad partes Indie ("toward the regions of India") on their behalf. When he landed in