Indians in Austin (Anthony, Canadian: live, title, friendly)

[AGA]

https://racademy.org/index.html

Not sure if anyone is interested, but this is a Muslim school located at Wells Branch/I-35 area.

[loves2read]

saw the title and thought it was about the historical Comanches...

[jimboburnsy]

Originally Posted by ANJSHA

Anyone from Steiner Ranch here? We have recently moved in Steiner Ranch and I have not seen any Indians here. We would like ot make some friends. Thanks

I don't think "Indian" is the proper nomenclature, dude...

[x2cme]

Originally Posted by jimboburnsy

I don't think "Indian" is the proper nomenclature, dude...

What is the proper nomenclature?

[readymade]

Originally Posted by jimboburnsy

I don't think "Indian" is the proper nomenclature, dude...

HAH! Yeah, what are you talking about? What would YOU call someone from India?

[datacity]

Originally Posted by traceyr13

According to my pediatrician, Austin has the 2nd largest Indian population in the country after southern California.

Hope he or she is a better pediatrician he or she is with population estimates. There are plenty of cities or regions with more Indians after SoCal and before Austin.

[twange]

Originally Posted by readymade

I had the veggie samosas at the Clay pit and they were FANTASTIC! My chicken tikka masala, though? Not so much. The place was a bit odd... very echo-y.

For my mango lassi fix, I go to the Whip In (right along 35, south of the river). They have some Indian food (which I haven't eaten) but no samosas

I've been planning on going to the place on Riverside (Indian Kitchen?) but just haven't made it there yet.

We've tried TWICE to go to India Kitchen....closed both times We always seem to show up smack dab in between their lunch and dinner hours!

[AGA]

Interesting comments on American Indian vs. Native American....So at least we can clear this part up some...

A "Generic Government Term"


But objections to the term Native American also arose. The term struck many as dry and bureaucratic, in much the same way that some dislike the Census Bureau's use of Hispanic as an umbrella term to cover the whole of the U.S.'s diverse Spanish-speaking population. As the Bureau of Indian Affairs elaborates:

The term, 'Native American,' came into usage in the 1960s to denote the groups served by the Bureau of Indian Affairs: American Indians and Alaska Native (Indians, Eskimos and Aleuts of Alaska). Later the term also included Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in some Federal programs. It, therefore, came into disfavor among some Indian groups. The preferred term is American Indian.

Answers to Frequently Asked Questions, from the Bureau of Indian Affairs

Russell Means, the Lakota activist and founder of the American Indian Movement (AIM), has strongly rejected Native American in favor of Indian:

I abhor the term Native American. It is a generic government term used to describe all the indigenous prisoners of the United States. These are the American Samoans, the Micronesians, the Aleuts, the original Hawaiians, and the erroneously termed Eskimos, who are actually Upiks and Inupiats. And, of course, the American Indian.

I prefer the term American Indian because I know its origins . . . As an added distinction the American Indian is the only ethnic group in the United States with the American before our ethnicity . . . We were enslaved as American Indians, we were colonized as American Indians, and we will gain our freedom as American Indians, and then we will call ourselves any damn thing we choose.

"I am an American Indian, Not a Native American!"
statement by Russell Means

[x2cme]

Originally Posted by AGA

Interesting comments on American Indian vs. Native American....So at least we can clear this part up some...

Right, I thought that was what what everyone said anyway,,, American Indian --- but its kinda funny,,, Imagine if we had to say "India Indians" !!! That would be rather redundant --- my dear friend from Delhi, when referring to 'Indians' will politely, yet humorously say - "Dot, not Feather" (or visa-versa) to make his specification known. --- Ooooohhhh,,, the human need to organized and classify!

[readymade]

UGH! And here I've been saying "Native American!" And I AM part Native American errr.... American Indian. Only MY ancesters were in Canada. Native North American? Canadian Indian?

Labels are confusing and stupid.