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what was the first nations when it comes to Native American name controversy?
First Nations came into common usage in the 1980s to replace the term Indian band. Elder Sol Sanderson says that he coined the term in the early 1980s.
Are there any other interesting aspects about the Native American name controversy article?
Others state that the term came into common usage in the 1970s to avoid using the word “Indian”, which some people considered offensive.

Question: Why did they refer to it as offensive?
Self-contained rewrite: Why did some people refer to the word Indian as offensive?