In some fairly niche and earnest areas of the left I've seen folks referring to North America as "Turtle Island," which seems to be meant as a decolonizing move - not wanting the place named after some old dead Spanish (?) explorer/ map maker. But it feels a bit weird bc I always see this presented as an "indigenous" name in a sort of generic way - like, different groups definitely had/have different names for the place, and those names definitely weren't traditionally in English, but this naming convention seems to just act like there's some universal native culture. Just has a weird vibe to me, but I've never really heard anyone really lay out the case for why this is either good or bad.

So: Turtle Island - are we saying that now? Native Americans / First Nations folks especially - are you into this? Why or why not?