Indian or Indians may refer to:

Peoples

South Asia

Indian people Indians or Indian people are the Indian nationality law, citizens and nationals of India. In 2022, the population of India stood at over 1.4 billion people, making it the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, second-most p ...

, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor **

Non-resident Indian Overseas Indians ( IAST: ), officially Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) and Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs) are Indians who live outside of the Republic of India. According to the Government of India, ''Non-Resident Indians'' are citizens of In ...

, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country *

South Asian ethnic groups South Asian ethnic groups are an ethnolinguistic grouping of the diverse populations of South Asia, including the nations of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, the Maldives, and Sri Lanka. While Afghanistan is variously considered to ...

, referring to people of the Indian subcontinent, as well as the greater South Asia region prior to the 1947 partition of India *

Anglo-Indian Anglo-Indian people fall into two different groups: those with mixed Indian and British ancestry, and people of British descent born or residing in India. The latter sense is now mainly historical, but confusions can arise. The ''Oxford English ...

s, people with mixed Indian and British ancestry, or people of British descent born or living in the Indian subcontinent *

East Indians The East Indians, also called East Indian Catholics or Bombay East Indians, are an ethno-religious Indian Christian community native to the Seven Islands of Bombay and the neighbouring Mumbai Metropolitan Area of the Konkan Division. Histo ...

, a Christian community in India

Europe

British Indian British Indians are citizens of the United Kingdom (UK) whose ancestral roots are from India. This includes people born in the UK who are of Indian origin as well as Indians who have migrated to the UK. Today, Indians comprise about 1.4 mil ...

s, British people of Indian origin

The Americas

Indo-Canadians Indian Canadians are Canadians who have ancestry from India. The terms ''Indo-Canadian'' or ''East Indian'' are sometimes used to avoid confusion with the Indigenous Peoples of Canada. Categorically, Indian Canadians comprise a subgroup of ...

, Canadian people of Indian origin *

Indian Americans Indian Americans or Indo-Americans are citizens of the United States with ancestry from India. The United States Census Bureau uses the term Asian Indian to avoid confusion with Native Americans, who have also historically been referred to ...

, American people of Indian origin *

Indigenous peoples of the Americas The Indigenous peoples of the Americas are the inhabitants of the Americas before the arrival of the European settlers in the 15th century, and the ethnic groups who now identify themselves with those peoples. Many Indigenous peoples of the A ...

, the pre-Columbian inhabitants of the Americas and their descendants **

Plains Indians Plains Indians or Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains and Canadian Prairies are the Native American tribes and First Nation band governments who have historically lived on the Interior Plains (the Great Plains and Canadian Prairies) of N ...

, the common name for the Native Americans who lived on the Great Plains of North America **

Native Americans in the United States Native Americans, also known as American Indians, First Americans, Indigenous Americans, and other terms, are the Indigenous peoples of the mainland United States ( Indigenous peoples of Hawaii, Alaska and territories of the United State ...

, the indigenous people in the United States *** Native American tribes, specific groups of Native Americans **

Indigenous peoples in Canada In Canada, Indigenous groups comprise the First Nations, Inuit and Métis. Although ''Indian'' is a term still commonly used in legal documents, the descriptors ''Indian'' and ''Eskimo'' have fallen into disuse in Canada, and most consider them ...

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First Nations in Canada First Nations (french: Premières Nations) is a term used to identify those Indigenous Canadian peoples who are neither Inuit nor Métis. Traditionally, First Nations in Canada were peoples who lived south of the tree line, and mainly south ...

, the various Aboriginal peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis **

Indigenous peoples of South America The Indigenous peoples of South America or South American Indigenous peoples, are the pre-Colombian peoples of South America and their descendants. These peoples contrast with South Americans of European ancestry and those of African descent. ...

, peoples living in South America in the pre-Columbian era and their descendants **

Native Mexicans Indigenous peoples of Mexico ( es, gente indígena de México, pueblos indígenas de México), Native Mexicans ( es, nativos mexicanos) or Mexican Native Americans ( es, pueblos originarios de México, lit=Original peoples of Mexico), are those ...

, indigenous people of Mexico **

Indigenous peoples of Central America Central America is a subregion of the Americas formed by six Latin American countries and one (officially) Anglo-American country, Belize. As an isthmus it connects South America with the remainder of mainland North America, and comprises the fo ...

Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean At the time of first contact between Europe and the Americas, the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean included the Taíno of the northern Lesser Antilles, most of the Greater Antilles and the Bahamas, the Kalinago of the Lesser Antilles, the Ciguay ...

West Indians A West Indian is a native or inhabitant of the West Indies (the Antilles and the Lucayan Archipelago). For more than 100 years the words ''West Indian'' specifically described natives of the West Indies, but by 1661 Europeans had begun to use it ...

, people from the Caribbean region and the Lucayan Archipelago *

Mardi Gras Indians Mardi Gras Indians (also known as Black Masking Indians) are black carnival revelers in New Orleans, Louisiana, who dress up for Mardi Gras in suits influenced by Native American ceremonial apparel. Collectively, their organizations are called ...

, African-American Carnival revelers in New Orleans, Louisiana, whose suits are influenced by Native American ceremonial apparel

Australia

Aboriginal Australians Aboriginal Australians are the various Indigenous peoples of the Australian mainland and many of its islands, such as Tasmania, Fraser Island, Hinchinbrook Island, the Tiwi Islands, and Groote Eylandt, but excluding the Torres Strait Islands ...

, called "Indians" until the 19th century

Languages

Indian English Indian English (IE) is a group of English dialects spoken in the republic of India and among the Indian diaspora. English is used by the Indian government for communication, along with Hindi, as enshrined in the Constitution of India. E ...

, a dialect of the English language used in India *

Indigenous languages of the Americas Over a thousand indigenous languages are spoken by the Indigenous peoples of the Americas. These languages cannot all be demonstrated to be related to each other and are classified into a hundred or so language families (including a large numbe ...

, spoken by indigenous peoples from Alaska and Greenland to the southern tip of South America *

Languages of India Languages spoken in India belong to several language families, the major ones being the Indo-European languages spoken by 78.05% of Indians and the Dravidian languages spoken by 19.64% of Indians, both families together are sometimes known ...

, including Indo-Aryan languages and Dravidian languages

Places

Indian, West Virginia Indian was an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers ...

, a former unincorporated community in Kanawha County *

The Indians The Indians are an uninhabited small archipelago of islets in the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. They are west of the small British Pelican Island and east of the small US Flanagan Island. They are located south of larger Briti ...

, an islet group in the British Virgin Islands *

Indian Creek (disambiguation) Indian Creek may refer to the following: Communities * Indian Creek, Orange Walk District, Belize, a village in Belize * Indian Creek, Toledo, a village in Belize * Indian Creek, Florida, U.S. * Indian Creek, Illinois, U.S. * Indian Creek No. 7 ...

Indian Island (disambiguation) Indian Island can refer to several places: Populated places * Indian Island, Washington, an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Washington state * Penobscot Indian Island Reservation, near Old Town, Maine, known colloquially as Indian Isl ...

Indian River (disambiguation) Indian River may refer to: Rivers In Barbados * Indian River (Barbados) In Canada *Indian River (British Columbia), which enters Indian Arm to the north of North Vancouver *Indian River, a tidal flow east of Deer Island, New Brunswick *In Ontar ...

, several rivers and communities *

Indian Run (disambiguation) Indian Run may refer to: ;Streams and tributaries *Indian Run (Delaware County, Ohio), a stream *Indian Run (Muskingum River tributary), a stream in Ohio *Indian Run (Little Schuylkill River), a stream in Pennsylvania *Indian Run (Neshannock Creek ...

, streams in the U.S. states of Pennsylvania and West Virginia *

Indian subcontinent The Indian subcontinent is a list of the physiographic regions of the world, physiographical region in United Nations geoscheme for Asia#Southern Asia, Southern Asia. It is situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian O ...

Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by th ...

Arts, entertainment, and media

Indian cinema The Cinema of India consists of motion pictures produced in India, which had a large effect on world cinema since the late 20th century. Major centers of film production across the country include Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, Ko ...

Films

* ''Indian'' (1996 film), an Indian Tamil film starring Kamal Haasan * ''Indian'' (2001 film), an Indian Hindi film

Music

Indians (musician) Indians is the moniker and alter ego of Danish singer-songwriter and musician Søren Løkke Juul signed to 4AD record label. In concerts, he is accompanied by some musicians also collectively known as Indians. ''Village Voice'' has dubbed Søren L ...

, moniker of Danish singer Søren Løkke Juul accompanied by some musicians also collectively known as Indians * "Indian" (song), by Sturm und Drang * ''Indian'' (soundtrack), an album from the 1996 film * "Indians" (song), by Anthrax

Other arts, entertainment, and media

Indian (card game) Blind man's bluff (also called Indian poker, squaw poker, Oklahoma forehead, and Indian head) is a version of poker that is unconventional in that each person sees the cards of all players ''except their own''. In the standard version, the perso ...

, a simple card game that involves strategy *

Indian soap opera Indian television drama (in Indian English Indian serials) are television programs written, produced, and filmed in India, with characters played by Indians and episodes broadcast on Indian television. India's first television drama was '' Hum ...

, soap operas written, produced, and filmed in India * ''Indians'' (play), a 1968 play by Arthur Kopit * ''Indians'' (sculpture), a name for ''The Bowman'' and ''The Spearman'', sculptures by Ivan Meštrović

Businesses

Indian (airline) Indian Airlines was a division of Air India Limited. It was based in Delhi and focused primarily on domestic routes, along with several international services to neighbouring countries in Asia. It was a division of Air India Limited after mer ...

, a now-defunct state-owned airline of India, merged with Air India *

Indian Motocycle Manufacturing Company Indian Motorcycle (or ''Indian'') is an American brand of motorcycles owned and produced by American automotive manufacturer Polaris Inc.

Sport

Cleveland Indians The Cleveland Guardians are an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland. The Guardians compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. Since , they have played at Progressive F ...

, former name of the Cleveland Guardians, an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio, US *

Frölunda HC Frölunda Hockey Club, previously known as the Frölunda Indians, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Gothenburg. They currently play in the highest Swedish league, the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), formerly the Elitserien, where th ...

or Frölunda Indians, a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Gothenburg, Sweden *

Hannover Indians The Hannover Indians are a professional German ice hockey team and public limited company from Hanover in Lower Saxony, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second mo ...

, a German ice hockey club based in Hannover, Germany *

Indian Arrows Indian Arrows (formerly known as Pailan Arrows) was an Indian developmental football club that competed in the I-League. The club was formed by the All India Football Federation in 2010, with a main goal of nurturing young Indian football tal ...

, the developmental football team of All India Football Federation *

Indianapolis Indians The Indianapolis Indians are a Minor League Baseball team of the International League (IL) and the Triple-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates. They are located in Indianapolis, Indiana, and play their home games at Victory Field, which open ...

, an American minor league baseball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana, US *

Indios de Mayagüez The Indios de Mayagüez (Mayagüez Indians) are a baseball team in Puerto Rico's Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente (Roberto Clemente Professional Baseball League, in Spanish). Based in Mayagüez, the ''Indios'' have won 18 national ...

, a baseball team in the Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League *

Mumbai Indians Mumbai Indians are a franchise cricket team based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, that competes in the Indian Premier League and is the most successful team of the tournament with 5 titles. Founded in 2008, the team is owned by India's biggest conglo ...

, a franchise cricket team representing the city of Mumbai, India in the Indian Premier League *

Springfield Indians The Springfield Indians were a minor professional ice hockey franchise, originally based in West Springfield, Massachusetts and later Springfield, Massachusetts. The Indians were founding members of the American Hockey League. They were in existen ...

, an American minor professional ice hockey franchise, originally based in West Springfield, Massachusetts, US

Other uses

Indian cuisine Indian cuisine consists of a variety of regional and traditional cuisines native to India. Given the diversity in soil, climate, culture, ethnic groups, and occupations, these cuisines vary substantially and use locally available spices, he ...

, a wide variety of regional cuisines native to India * Indian Head cent, a coin produced by the United States Mint from 1859 to 1909