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In this case it's probably just for humor. 'Native American burial grounds' is just clunky, and the American context makes it pretty clear which Indians.
Also, I think a lot of people fail to realize that Indian is the correct term legally for native people in the US, regardless of the fact that its based on Columbus’s stupidity passed on for generations.
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Indian Health Services, Indian Law, etc. There is no “Bureau of Native American Affairs”.
Beyond that, the vast majority of native people dont have much of an issue with the term and often call themselves Indian or NDN, not only because its technically legally appropriate but also because it pokes fun at the stupidity of generations of people that took over this continent in a gallows humor type fashion. Obviously people see themselves as Ojibwe, Wahzhazhe, Tsalagi, Nuuchu, etc. first, the same way that a French person thinks themselves a Frenchmen first and not as simply a European. But as an overarching term Indian is very commonly used by native people from many different nations/tribes