questions and inquiry into the history of indian americans in america

why do american's still call native americans "indians"?

why are indians considered "asian"?

history:
1917 indians are barred from immigrating to the US
1913 first indian born person to gain american citizenship, convinces court he is "caucasian" - in 1923 due to supreme court decision, no east indian origin person can be naturalized, his citizenship revoked
1680 a daugther born to irish mother and indian father deemed mulatto and sold into slavery, due to law

why are there so many names for indians: south asians, east indians, asians, - whathaveyou.

september 11th backlash seems to be the lastest in many such events involving prejudice and unfairness with indians in america, dating back to a hundred years before the country's inception in 1680.

how many indians immigrate to america each year?

an average of 127,285 indian-born immigrants entered the united states between the year 2000 and 2007.

the numbers grew from 1,679,000 to 2,570,000 in 2000-7 period. this was a 53% growth rate. the highest growth rate for any so called "asian-american" community.

891,000 of the 2,570,000 currently in america entered the US from india in the last 7 years.

1 out of every 4 indians have entered the us in the last 7 years. my generation is literally the generation that is immigrating literally as we speak.

i was a child so i was americanized. but for alot of these people, they're moving over as adults. which means, they've been indianized. i don't know what the population growth is like from childbirth.

but i'd be interesting in finding out how many american born indians are there.

history:
1946 - indians are returned the right to immigrate and naturalize
1921 - women who marry indians have their citizenship revoked
1900 - 2,050 people of "east indian" origin were reported to be living in the united states.

why were there so few indians living in america in 1900?

1912 - the first sikh temple was opened in stockton, california
1956 - dalip singh saund of punjab elected to 3 terms in U.S. house of representatives.
1965 - per-country immigration laws removed, immigration on basis of qualifications introduced
1924 - act introduced to limit immigration of peoples to 2 percent of their american population in 1890.

so from 1924 to 1965 indians were basically limited to 2 percent of their 1890 population as far as yearly allowance of immigration to america. i mean thats like forty years. i mean its no wonder the indian population isnt huge right now.

1923 about 7,000 indians in the united states.
1940s dalip singh saund forms the indian association of america to help make asian americans elegible for citizenship
1946 luce-cellar act signed by truman permitting citizenship to asian indians
1947 gandhi and people of south asia rid themselves of british colonialism
1980 census data shows 359,000 indian americans
1990 census data shows 815,447 indian americans
1999 census data shows 1,300,000 today

so in 27 years, it went from 359,000 to about 2,570,000 indians in america. so if you do the math, 7.15 ... the uh... population increased 700 percent... in the past 27 years. which means... only 1 in 7 indians in america have lived here more than 27 years. so for someone whose 28, most indians have come during their lifetime. which means there's very few indians with history in america. and there's never been more history of indians being written than there is today. which is pretty cool. this is as good as its ever been and its looking to get better.

so 1923 to 1980 we go from 7,000 to 359,000 so thats like uh... 50 times the increase in population. which is a way more dramatic increase. so you look at the past 27 years, and its only like 7 times as much.

why are indians doing so well after british colonialism?