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African

If ethnic/tribal identity can be determined, use it. If not, use "African."

If ethnic/tribal identity can be determined, use appropriate LCSH. If not, use "Africans."

Alaska man

and

An indigenous Alaskan man

use

Alaska Native man

Alaska Natives

LCSH scope note for "Alaska Natives": "Here are entered works on the indigenous peoples of Alaska treated collectively. Works about individual cultures and tribes in Alaska are entered under the name of the culture or tribe subdivided geographically." We use "Alaska Natives" when we do not know a more specific identity, but the person is an indigenous Alaskan. More specific Alaska Native terms include Inupiat, Yupik, Aleut, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and a number of Northern Athabaskan cultures.

Alaska woman

and

An indigenous Alaskan woman

use

Alaska Native woman

Alaska Native women

LCSH scope note for "Alaska Natives": "Here are entered works on the indigenous peoples of Alaska treated collectively. Works about individual cultures and tribes in Alaska are entered under the name of the culture or tribe subdivided geographically." We use "Alaska Natives" when we do not know a more specific identity but the person is an indigenous Alaskan. More specific Alaska Native terms include: Inupiat, Yupik, Aleut, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and a number of Northern Athabaskan cultures.

Aleut

and

Alaskan Aleutian Islands (which includes Unalaska)

use

Unangan

Aleuts--Alaska OR Aleut women-- Alaska

Unangan

Indigenous inhabitants of Aleutian Islands, which are split between Alaska and Russia.  The Unangan speak an eastern dialect of Aleut; the Unangas a western dialect.  Unalaska residents are Unangan.

Aleut

and

Russian Aleutian Islands

use

Unangas

Aleuts--Russia OR Aleut women-- Russia

Unangas

Indigenous inhabitants of Aleutian Islands, which are split between Alaska and Russia.  The Unangan speak an eastern dialect of Aleut; the Unangas a western dialect.  Unalaska residents are Unangan.

Anti- Christian

Replace with the appropriate term for the ethnic/racial/tribal/national identity. If identity can't be determined, use "man/woman/child/etc."

Use appropriate heading for the ethnic/racial/tribal/national identity.

Bisexual

use

Bisexual

Bisexuals, Bisexuals men, Bisexual women

See the Indiana University Libraries' website for an excellent list of all the LCSH relevant to the LGBTQIA+ community. https://libraries.indiana.edu/library- congress-subject-headings-lesbian-gay- bisexual-transgender-queer-and-
intersex-lgbtqi-topics

Black

United States

use

African American

African Americans, African American women, African American children

Blind

use

"Person who is blind. " If sentence doesn't permit, use "blind
person/children/etc."

Blind, Blind children, Blind women, Older blind people

Chilkat, Chillicat

use

Chilkat

Chilkat Indians, Chilkat women

Chinamen

use

Chinese men/Chinese people

Chinese

Chuckche

use

Chukchi

Chukchi

Chuckchi

use

Chukchi

Chukchi

Chukchee

use

Chukchi

Chukchi

Colored

use

African American

African Americans, African American women, African American children

Committed suicide

use

replace with “died by suicide”

following 2023 guidelines from various mental health resources

Costumes

Replace with "clothing"

Clothing OR [X] clothing and dress" (e.g., "Islamic clothing and dress")

Curios

Replace "curios" with "items"

Deaf

"Person who is unable to hear. " If
sentence doesn’t permit, use "deaf
person."

Deaf, Deaf men, Deaf women, Deaf children

Deaf-mute

"Person who is unable to hear or speak"

Deaf, Deaf men, Deaf women, Deaf children

Eskimo, Esquimaux

and

Alaska, and no further info is available

use

Alaska Native

Alaska Natives, Alaska Native women, Alaska Native children

From Alaska Native Language Center website:  "Most Alaskans continue to accept the name 'Eskimo,' particularly because 'Inuit' refers only to the Inupiat of northern Alaska, the Inuit of Canada, and the Kalaallit of Greenland, and it is not a word in the Yupik languages of Alaska and Siberia."  Others say of usage of "Eskimo" in the Alaskan context, usage of "Eskimo" "in the media is usually accurate, as most northern indigenous peoples can safely be referred to as 'Eskimos,' but the term is a wide generalization, and most wide generalizations are offensive to those they encompass.  If you find yourself about to use the term in conversation, try a more specific replacement. In Alaska, the most congenial would be 'Alaska Native.'"
Our assumption is that legacy captions that refer to "Eskimos" are not observing distinctions among Inupiats, Yupiks, and “true” Alaskan Eskimos.
Thus, if we cannot identify a more specific designation for someone labeled an Eskimo in Alaska, we use
“Alaska Natives," not "Eskimos--Alaska."

Eskimo, Esquimaux

and

Alaska and identified
as an Inuit

use

Inuit

Inuit, Inuit women, Inuit children

Eskimo, Esquimaux

and

Alaska and identified
as a Yupik

use

Yupik

Yupik Eskimos, Yupik children

Eskimo, Esquimaux

and

Greenland

use

Inuit

Inuit, Inuit women, Inuit children

Garb

Replace with "clothing"

Clothing OR [X] clothing and dress" (e.g., "Islamic clothing and dress")

Gay

use

Gay

Gays

See the Indiana University Libraries' website for an excellent list of all the LCSH relevant to the LGBTQIA+ community: https://: libraries.indiana.edu/library-congress- subject-headings-lesbian-gay-bisexual- transgender-queer-and-intersex-lgbtqi-
topics

Ghetto

use

replacement term may vary depending on context.  "city neighborhood" is one example.

varies. Do not use LCSH "Inner cities."

"Ghetto" in titles and descriptions should be changed to "city."

Half-breed, creole, mixed breed

use

"of [XXXX] and [XXXX] descent.”

Handicapped

use

"Person with a physical disability." If sentence doesn’t permit, use "physically disabled person." Depending on context, this word in legacy language may also refer to people with mental disabilities. If so,
use "person with mental disabilities."

People with physical disabilities OR People with mental disabilities

Heathen

Replace with the appropriate term for the ethnic/racial/tribal/national identity. If identity can't be determined,
use "man/woman/child/etc."

Use appropriate heading for the ethnic/racial/tribal/national identity.

Homosexual man

use

Gay

Gays

See the Indiana University Libraries' website for an excellent list of all the LCSH relevant to the LGBTQIA+ community:  https://: libraries.indiana.edu/library-congress- subject-headings-lesbian-gay-bisexual- transgender-queer-and-intersex-lgbtqi-
topics

Homosexual woman

use

Lesbian

Lesbians (Note that "gay rights" is used by LCSH for gay and lesbian civil rights)

See the Indiana University Libraries' website for an excellent list of all the LCSH relevant to the LGBTQIA+ community:  https://: libraries.indiana.edu/library-congress- subject-headings-lesbian-gay-bisexual- transgender-queer-and-intersex-lgbtqi-
topics

Homosexuals

use

Gays and lesbians

Gays; Lesbians

See the Indiana University Libraries' website for an excellent list of all the LCSH relevant to the LGBTQIA+ community:  https://: libraries.indiana.edu/library-congress- subject-headings-lesbian-gay-bisexual- transgender-queer-and-intersex-lgbtqi-
topics

Hoonyah

use

Hoonah Indian

Alaska Natives

Hoonah Indians

Hydah

use

Haida Indian

Haida Indians, Haida women

Indian

and

from Alaska, more specific identity can't be
determined

use

Alaska Native

Alaska Natives

Indian

and

North America except Alaska, more specific identity can't be
determined

use

Native American

Indians of North America

Pakistan and/or Indian

Pakistani, India, South Asian

Thai, Myanmar, Vietnam

Thai, Burmese, Vietnamese, Southeast Asian

Indian

and

from place other than United States

Use appropriate term for indigenous group from that location. If a specific identity can't be determined, use "indigenous X," as in "indigenous
Ecuadorians."

See appropriate term for indigenous group from that location.  If a specific identity can't be ascertained, use "Indigenous peoples--[Place]"

Inner city

use

City

varies. Do not use LCSH "Inner cities."

"Inner city" in titles and descriptions should be changed to "city."

Inuit

and

Alaskan Inuit

use

Inupiat

Inupiat

Subdivide "Inupiat" geographically ONLY there is a geograpic term below the state level. (I.e., Inupiat--Alaska--Wrangell but not Inupiat--Alaska)

Inuit

and

Canadian Inuit

use

Inuit

Inuit, Inuit women, Inuit children

Inuit

and

Greenlandic Inuit

use

Inuit

Inuit--Greenland, Inuit women-- Greenland, Inuit children--Greenland

Kalaallit

Isleta

use

Isleta Indian

Isleta Indians

Kalaallit

use

Kalaallit

Inuit--Greenland, Inuit women-- Greenland, Inuit children--Greenland

Kalaallit

Specific tribe of Greenlandic Inuit

Kekchi

use

Kekchi Indian

Kekchi Indians

Laplander, Lapplander, Lapp

use

Sami

Sami (European people), Sami, Women

Subject heading for the place is Sápmi.

Lesbian

use

Lesbian

Lesbians (Note that "gay rights" is used by LCSH for gay and lesbian civil rights)

See the Indiana University Libraries' website for an excellent list of all the LCSH relevant to the LGBTQIA+ community:  https://: libraries.indiana.edu/library-congress- subject-headings-lesbian-gay-bisexual- transgender-queer-and-intersex-lgbtqi-
topics

Moslem

use

Muslim

Muslims

Mute

use

"Person who does not speak." If sentence doesn't permit, use "mute
person."

Mute persons

Native

Replace with the appropriate term for the ethnic/racial/tribal/national identity. If identity can't be determined,
use "man/woman/child/etc."

Use appropriate heading for the ethnic/racial/tribal/national identity.

Negro

use

African American

African Americans, African American women, African American children

Nez Perce

use

Nez Percé Indian

Nez Percé Indians

Pima

use

Pima Indian

Pima Indians

Pueblo

use

Pueblo Indian

Pueblo Indians

Shapra

use

Shapra Indian

Shapra Indians

Siberian

and

an indigenous Siberian with no further info
about tribe

use

Siberian indigenous person

Indigenous peoples--Siberian

Slave

Use "enslaved," "captive" or "forced laborer." If ethnic/racial/tribal/national identity can be determined, include it:
"captive Pueblo Indian."

Slaves, Child slaves, Indian slaves, Women slaves, Freedmen, Older slaves

Squaw

Replace with "woman" or "girl"

Use appropriate heading for the ethnic/racial/tribal/national identity.

Tchutchee

use

Chukchi

Chukchi

Teepees

Replace with "tipis"

Tipis

Thlinget, Thlinket

use

Tlingit Indian

Tlingit Indians, Tlingit children, Tlingit women

Transgender

use

transgender

Transgender people  AND POSSIBLY ALSO Gender non-conforming people

See the Indiana University Libraries' website for an excellent list of all the LCSH relevant to the LGBTQIA+ community:  https://: libraries.indiana.edu/library-congress- subject-headings-lesbian-gay-bisexual- transgender-queer-and-intersex-lgbtqi-
topics

Tunguse, Tungusic

use

Evenki

Evenki (Asian people)

Tutchee

use

Chukchi

Chukchi

Uncivilised, uncivilized

Replace with the appropriate term for the ethnic/racial/tribal/national identity. If identity can't be determined,
use "man/woman/child/etc."

Use appropriate heading for the ethnic/racial/tribal/national identity.

Yakut

use

Yakut

Yakut (Turkic people)

Yupik

and

Alaskan

use

Yup'ik

Yup'ik Eskimos, Older Yupik Eskimos, Yupik children

Yup'ik

Subdivide geographically only there is a geographic element below the state level (i.e., Yupik Eskimos--Alaska--Wrangell but not Yupik Eskimos--Alaska)

Yupik

and

Siberian /
Russian

use

Yupighyt

Yuit Eskimos

Yupighyt