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Content: It is sometimes noted how far advanced Indigenous Peoples in Latin and South America and Canada  are in thinking about their nationhood, as compared to Native Peoples inside the United States. A major reason for this disparity is the apparent capturing of Indigenous self-understanding in the United States (and not only in American history classes). The substitution of "Native American" for "American Indian" may actually deepen the problem. Everyone knows the Indigenous Peoples are not Indians. Not so many know they are also not Americans. A survey of American Indian college and high-school students, reported in Native Americas[Winter, 1997], indicated that more than 96% of the youth identified themselves with their Indian nation, and more than 40% identified themselves solely in those terms. Only a little more than half identified themselves as American citizens. This survey is an example of the usefulness of the "incorrect" label "Indian" to explain something significant about indigenous self-identification. It's been asked ,"What's in a name?" Sometimes the answer is everything, as when the name is Rumplestiltskin;