The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.

The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there. is a Language Fact in the Language Facts category.

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819 days ago

Anonymous

thats because the freakin white people killed them all to take over the united states. Making them the only ones that are allowed to live in the United States without a green card, assholes!!!!

765 days ago

What?

"Native American" is not a language. It's a placename derived from English.

668 days ago

wait, didnt colombus named them indians, because he belived he landed in india? did the indians know what colombus would name them in advance, or did they invent the word after they learned english?

297 days ago

i agree with the first anon.

@ SR we call them indians (more proper to say native americans) but they had their tribe names ( cherokee, comanche, cahto,etc.)

273 days ago

I've lived in Indiana all my life, and just recently met a full Cherokee Native American person.

110 days ago

jayjay na14

cooooooooooooooooolbeans lol at work bord as hell

90 days ago

Chance

That is funny in it's irony

The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.

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