Indian
noun
a member of any of the aboriginal peoples of the Americas, especially of subarctic North America, excluding the Inuit, Yupik, and Aleut.
non-Indian
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a word derived from
Indian.
Example Sentences
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“I told them if we can raise our people and become a platform for social justice and environmental stewardship to benefit Indian and non-Indian alike, I’ll do it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
I am often misidentified as Indian, as is the case for many non-Indian South Asians.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 8, 2023
I try to explain and show in the recipes some suggestions to have this with, and they're non-Indian suggestions.
From Salon ● May 13, 2023
“Prayers are always said there. We go back every year to remind our people where we came from and remind the non-Indian public that these are our original homelands.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2023
We also wanted to do something special for our non-Indian buddies, who were going through regular signal corps training and knew nothing about our code.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
