What about Amerind?  Is there any problem with that term?  (Provided there is such a macrofamily.)  ~DaW~
----- Original Message -----
From: Glen Gordon
To: nostratic@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, 23 September, 2001 22:40
Subject: Re: [nostratic] Proposal of a name for a possible family

Gerry:
>   Nah, Canadians are North Americans just like those of us from
>the USA.

Yes, but it's important to remember that "American" means only
"of the US". In Canada, "America" is synonymous with "USA" as it
is in most English-speaking countries. Canadians are not Americans.
They are NORTH Americans. A strange but important fact about the
word "American" ;)