George Carlin on the Use of the Word "Indians"

This is from one of the shows that George Carlin put on...he pointed
out the use of the word Indian is not a bad thing:

"...Now the Indians. I call them Indians because that's what they
are. They're Indians. There's nothing wrong with the word
Indian." "First of all, it's important to know that the word Indian
does not derive from Columbus mistakenly believing he had reached
India. India was not even called by that name in 1492; it was known
as Hindustan." "More likely, the word Indian comes from Columbus's
description of the people he found here. He was an Italian, and did
not speak or write very good Spanish, so in his written accounts he
called the Indians, 'Una gente in Dios.' A people in God. In God. In
Dios. Indians. It's a perfectly noble and respectable word." "As far
as calling them 'Americans' is concerned, do I even have to point out
what an insult this is? ----- We steal their hemisphere, kill twenty
or so million of them, destroy five hundred separate cultures, herd
the survivors onto the worst land we can find, and now we want to
name them after ourselves? It's appalling. Haven't we done enough
damage? Do we have to further degrade them by tagging them with this
repulsive name?...."

"You know, you'd think it would be a fairly simple thing to come over
to this continent, commit genocide, eliminate the forests, dam up the
rivers, build our malls and massage parlors, sell our blenders and
whoopee cushions, poison ourselves with chemicals, and let it go at
that. But no. We have to compound the insult." "... I'm glad the
Indians have gambling casinos now. It makes me happy that people are
losing their rent money to the Indians. Maybe the Indians will get
lucky and win their country back. Probably they wouldn't want it. Look
at what we did to it."