Indian

modif.

Indian

n.

1. American native

   Native American, American Indian, Amerindian, Homo Americanus, American aborigine, red man*. see language 2.

   Terms for specific Indian groups include --- United States and Canada:Arctic Indians: Inuit, Eskimo, Aleut, Sitka, Yupik; eastern or Woods Indians: Iroquois or Six Nations, Mohawk, Oneida, Seneca, Onandaga, Cayuga, Ottawa, Huron or Wyandot, Algonquin or Algonkin, Pequot, Micmac, Narragansett, Mohican, Delaware, Penobscot, Conestoga, Tuscarora, Ojibway or Chippewa, Menominee, Sauk, Fox, Pottawattamie, Seminole, Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek or Muskogee, Natchez, Biloxi, Winnebago; Plains Indians: Sioux, Missouri, Oglala, Mandan, Iowa, Omaha, Comanche, Dakota or Lakota, Crow, Kaw, Osage, Ponca, Apache, Kiowa, Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Pawnee, Caddo; Great Basin Indians: Blackfoot, Ute, Paiute, Shoshone, Bannock, Modoc, Digger, Pueblo, Hopi, Navaho, Pima, Cree, Anasazi, Moqui, Papago, Zuni, Folsom; west coast Indians: Athabascan, Salish, Costanoa, Chinook, Coos, Nez Percé, Maidu, Tlingit, Flathead, Pend d'Oreille, Coeur d'Alene, Kwakiutl, Bella Coola, Thompson, Miwok, Yuma, Klamath, Shasta, Luiseño, Pomo, Nutka, Haida; Mexico and Central America: Maya, Aztec, Toltec, Mixtec, Nahuat or Nahuatl, Pepil, Tabasco, Zacateca, Huasteco, Serrano, Seri, Macateco, Quiche; South America: Inca, Quechua, Carib, Aymara, Otuke, Bravo, Campa, Ande, Chiquito, Fuega, Patagonia, Tupi, Arawak, Calchaquia, Tocomona, Charrua, Mataguaya, Chango; for terms arranged by language;

2. A native of India

   South Asian, Hindu, Hindustani, Bengali, Punjabi, Maratha, Rajput, Dravidian, Indo-Aryan, Brahmin, Kshatriya, Sudra.