Name of Australian Aborigines...

A few weeks back, I used the term "Abo" to refer to the native peoples of Australia. A reader observed that this was similar to the term "Nigger."  I don't know if that's true, but it immediately sent up a red flag in my head, and a call out to anyone who knew what the appropriate term might be. I had a chance to speak with a knowlegeable anthropologist this last weekend, and he remarked that they call themselves "the people"--like everyone else does, and that their mythology suggests (of course) that they were made first, that they are closest to God, who loves them best, and so  on.  But by what term do they refer to themselves?  The closest answer I've found is: Anangu.  This term originally seems to have meant human as opposed to non-human life forms, but since the arrival of those pesky Europeans has come to mean Aboriginal as opposed to non-Aboriginal.  So until new information arrives, it's Anagu.  And apologies to my many Anagu readers.

Steve