American Indian

American Indian may refer to:

  • Indian American, an inhabitant of the United States with ancestors from India.
  • Native Americans in the United States, the indigenous peoples within the present-day boundaries of the United States
  • Indigenous peoples of the Americas, the indigenous peoples of North and South America

Famous quotes containing the words american and/or indian:

    “Let those flatter, who fear: it is not an American art. To give praise where it is not due, might be well from the venal, but would ill beseem those who are asserting the rights of human nature.”
    —Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

    “Thus you have an Indian availing himself cunningly of the advantages of civilization, without losing any of his woodcraft, but proving himself the more successful hunter for it.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)