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Well, I can't speak for Britain these days but in Australia the preferred term to use for people from Pakistan, India and Bangladesh is South Asian. cheers, Jon ________________________________________ From: The Black and Asian Studies Association [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Fabian Tompsett [[log in to unmask]] Sent: Sunday, 17 February 2013 5:06 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: American Indian Images: Making and Breaking George Catlin's Legacy Hi all, I think there is such a diversity of languages and cultures in the Indian sub-continent that I would hesitate to suggest that people from all regions/cultures would want to use the same term to apply to themselves, when living abroad. One term that is often used is "desi", which I understand is an endonym i.e. a term used by an ethnic group to describe themselves. The term India comes from Greek, and is derived from Sindh - a bit like the way English people sometimes use the name Holland to refer to the whole of the Netherlands. Bhārata is often the favoured name for India, and has been incorporated into the name for what in English is called the Indian Republic: Bhārata Ganarājya I suppose it's a bit like the Magyarok, who have put up with being called Hungarians, ever since they joined a tribal alliance back in the fifth century. all the best Fabian > I give up. Why Native Americans accept being called 'Indians' is > beyond my comprehension. So what are people from India now settling > in the US in increasing numbers (is that correct?) called? Though, of > course, 'America' is not their term either. > > Where does the word 'Africa' come from? > > > On Fri, 15 Feb 2013 06:08:20 -0800 > Herman Ross <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> Marika, >> You can go to a few pow wows and meetings and let them know your >>feelings on the matter but for the time being Indian or Indios is not >>a bad word amongst the indiginous peoples of the Americas. >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Marika Sherwood <[log in to unmask]> >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Sent: Friday, 15 February 2013, 12:23 >> Subject: Re: American Indian Images: Making and Breaking George >>Catlin's Legacy >> >> It seems to me that being called the 'Native American peoples' makes >>more sense and also unites peoples. >