Indian or Indians may refer to:

Peoples

South Asia

* Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor ** Non-resident Indian, 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-Indians, people with mixed Indian and British ancestry, or people of British descent born or living in the Indian subcontinent * East Indians, 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, Canadian people of Indian origin * Indian Americans, American people of Indian origin * Indigenous peoples of the Americas, 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, 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 ...

*** First Nations in Canada, 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 **

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, people from the Caribbean region and the Lucayan Archipelago * Mardi Gras Indians, African-American Carnival revelers in New Orleans, Louisiana, whose suits are influenced by Native American ceremonial apparel

Australia

* Aboriginal Australians, 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, spoken by indigenous peoples from Alaska and Greenland to the southern tip of South America * Languages of India, including Indo-Aryan languages and Dravidian languages

Places

* Indian, West Virginia, a former unincorporated community in Kanawha County * The Indians, an islet group in the British Virgin Islands * Indian Creek (disambiguation) * Indian Island (disambiguation) * Indian River (disambiguation), several rivers and communities * Indian Run (disambiguation), streams in the U.S. states of Pennsylvania and West Virginia * Indian subcontinent * Indian Ocean

Arts, entertainment, and media

* Indian cinema

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, 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), a now-defunct state-owned airline of India, merged with Air India * Indian Motocycle Manufacturing Company, an American company later called Indian Manufacturing Company, that produced the brand "Indian motorcycles" from 1901 to 1953

Sport

* Cleveland Indians, 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 talen ...

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

Other uses

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