i have a real problem with "white fellas" using the word "aboriginal" when referring to the "black fellas" - The word was given by the "white fellas" to trick the "back fellas" out of their lands - You see aboriginal means "not original" and when"black fella" calls himself aboriginal, he doesn't know that in legal terms he has given up all his sovereign rights including land rights.
i also have a problem with "white fellas" using the word indigenous when referring to the "black fellas". - This is another word trick by the "white fellas" to remove the rights of the "black fellas" - in-de-genous or of no race again removes the "black fella's" sovereign rights and status over the land.
i agree that there is a real problem with the ignorance within society and the so - called white knight syndrome is at epidemic proportions - isn't it the sole basis for the existence of government? The belief that people are helpless without government and the forced taxation of all people to support those people that can't / won't look after themselves - government in all it's abhorrent forms MUST be opposed until such time that there is an option to "OPT - OUT" - only when this option is a reality will we see true social progress and equality of man.
Somebody find me that big opt out button. I'll push that thing so hard.
Let me know if you come across it.
While this is true, most people are not aware of the use of those terms and if I called them "originies" or "originals" I would probably be corrected for typos and if I called them"black fellas" I would be accused of racism. Either way, my point would be lost. Calling them "native" doesn't help much either as the definition of that is anyone born on the land they live on and that includes non originals.
Since we're not talking in legal terms then, in law, the generally accepted meaning of a word and the belief in that meaning is what is taken as the meaning.