Re:How the Native American population changed since the last...
by brag on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @10:35PM
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What about the Indians from India? What do they call them?
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Re:How the Native American population changed since the last...
by protomyth on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @10:55PM
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Slang wise, I've heard the phrase "beads not feathers". Generally, when talking on a reservation, its pretty obvious, but "Indians from India" was another. Depends on the crowd. You also have to remember that Native Americans talking about other Native Americans will use slang (not for outside use) or refer to the other's tribe.
1) I remember a band that I thought was called "Beads and Feathers" that had Native Americans and Indians.
Re:How the Native American population changed since the last...
by thaumasiotes on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @11:01PM
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I've always seen "feather" contrasted with "dot", not "bead". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bindi_(decoration)
I've gotten the sense from Brown Pundits that among themselves they refer to themselves as Desi. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desi )
Re:How the Native American population changed since the last...
by protomyth on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @11:08PM
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Dot works too. I heard beads at some meeting from an Indian from India speaker. I've heard Dot too.
Re:How the Native American population changed since the last...
by systemvoltage on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @10:57PM
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In the movie, Good Will Hunting, clarification is made with “Dot, not feathers” which seems more accurate since both a dot mark and a feather are forehead ornamentations.
Re:How the Native American population changed since the last...
by ncmncm on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @03:30AM
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I have heard "Sari not sorry". Dunno where that came from, but I think I like it.
Re:How the Native American population changed since the last...
by sterlind on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @10:47PM
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I dunno, but I've seen/used American Indians before to disambiguate (unless talking about specific nations/ethnicities), and Indian-Americans for Americans from India. for (non-American Indian) Indians in India, maybe Indian Indians? subcontinental Indians? that last sounds wrong to me but I dunno what else to use!
Re:How the Native American population changed since the last...
by screye on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @11:39AM
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I never disambiguate. my accent is thick enough to give away which type of Indian I am.
Re:How the Native American population changed since the last...
by nirav72 on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @11:28AM
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As someone of Indian origin - I just call myself South Asian. This seems to be accepted term by many of us who were either born or raised in the west. That could include people of Pakistani heritage, Sri Lankan, Nepal and Bangladesh.
Re:How the Native American population changed since the last...
by alisonatwork on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @11:37PM
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East Indians. In rural parts of Canada and the US where indigenous North Americans are the largest minority, restaurants that serve South Asian food (if they even exist) tend be self-described as serving East Indian cuisine.
Re:How the Native American population changed since the last...
by alisonatwork on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @06:51AM
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I'm not sure why this comment has been downvoted. It's a simple fact that anyone traveling in the prairies can confirm. Like it or not, in parts of Canada and the US, "East Indian" is a common term used to refer to people from the country of India. Here is just one example of a restaurant that describes itself that way: http://www.redchillis.ca
Re:How the Native American population changed since the last...
by Ichthypresbyter on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @10:02AM
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Even where I live, in a county which probably has 10 times more Indian-Americans than American Indians, the relevant section of the ethnic food aisle in supermarkets is described as "East Indian".