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What is the population percentage of Indian Americans in the United States?
What is the population percentage of Indian Americans in the United States?
1.35%
Which group is the largest group of South Asian Americans in the United States?
Which group is the largest group of South Asian Americans in the United States?
Indian Americans
What is the highest-earning ethnic group in the United States?
What is the highest-earning ethnic group in the United States?
Indian Americans
What term is used to avoid confusion with Native Americans in the United States?
What term is used to avoid confusion with Native Americans in the United States?
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What term has been historically used to describe indigenous people in the Americas since European colonization?
What term has been historically used to describe indigenous people in the Americas since European colonization?
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What term has the U.S. government coined in reference to the indigenous people of the United States?
What term has the U.S. government coined in reference to the indigenous people of the United States?
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What is the term used for the census grouping that includes Indian Americans?
What is the term used for the census grouping that includes Indian Americans?
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In which century did members of the East India Company bring Indian servants to the American colonies?
In which century did members of the East India Company bring Indian servants to the American colonies?
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What court records from the 1700s indicate about the presence of 'East Indians' in the United States?
What court records from the 1700s indicate about the presence of 'East Indians' in the United States?
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To which Native American tribe did three brothers from 'modern day India or Pakistan' marry into after receiving their freedom in 1710?
To which Native American tribe did three brothers from 'modern day India or Pakistan' marry into after receiving their freedom in 1710?
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In which year did the federal census of St. Johns County, Florida, list a 40-year-old draftsman named John Dick with a birthplace listed as 'Hindostan'?
In which year did the federal census of St. Johns County, Florida, list a 40-year-old draftsman named John Dick with a birthplace listed as 'Hindostan'?
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What was the primary location for Indian Sikhs living in the United States by 1900?
What was the primary location for Indian Sikhs living in the United States by 1900?
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What drove emigration from India to the U.S. in the 19th century?
What drove emigration from India to the U.S. in the 19th century?
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What influenced American philosophies such as transcendentalism as a result of the presence of Indians in the U.S.?
What influenced American philosophies such as transcendentalism as a result of the presence of Indians in the U.S.?
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In the 1900s, where did Sikh workers migrate to in the Pacific Coast U.S. states to work on the lumber mills?
In the 1900s, where did Sikh workers migrate to in the Pacific Coast U.S. states to work on the lumber mills?
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Who were resentful of economic competition and the arrival of people from different cultures in response to Sikh immigration?
Who were resentful of economic competition and the arrival of people from different cultures in response to Sikh immigration?
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What percentage of the U.S. population do Indian Americans make up?
What percentage of the U.S. population do Indian Americans make up?
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What is the highest-earning ethnic group in the United States?
What is the highest-earning ethnic group in the United States?
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What term is often chosen for academic and governmental purposes instead of 'East Indian'?
What term is often chosen for academic and governmental purposes instead of 'East Indian'?
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How are Indian Americans categorized by the U.S. Census Bureau?
How are Indian Americans categorized by the U.S. Census Bureau?
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What term has the U.S. government coined in reference to the indigenous people of the United States?
What term has the U.S. government coined in reference to the indigenous people of the United States?
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What term is used to avoid confusion with Native Americans in the United States?
What term is used to avoid confusion with Native Americans in the United States?
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What challenges drove emigration from India to the United States in the 19th century?
What challenges drove emigration from India to the United States in the 19th century?
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What was the influence of the presence of Indians in the U.S. on American philosophies such as transcendentalism?
What was the influence of the presence of Indians in the U.S. on American philosophies such as transcendentalism?
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Where did Sikh workers migrate to in the Pacific Coast U.S. states in the 1900s to work on the lumber mills?
Where did Sikh workers migrate to in the Pacific Coast U.S. states in the 1900s to work on the lumber mills?
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What is the term used for the census grouping that includes Indian Americans?
What is the term used for the census grouping that includes Indian Americans?
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What was the birthplace listed as for the 40-year-old draftsman John Dick in the federal census of St. Johns County, Florida in 1850?
What was the birthplace listed as for the 40-year-old draftsman John Dick in the federal census of St. Johns County, Florida in 1850?
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In which century did members of the East India Company bring Indian servants to the American colonies?
In which century did members of the East India Company bring Indian servants to the American colonies?
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What term has been historically used to describe indigenous people in the Americas since European colonization?
What term has been historically used to describe indigenous people in the Americas since European colonization?
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What term is used to avoid confusion with Native Americans in the United States?
What term is used to avoid confusion with Native Americans in the United States?
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Who were resentful of economic competition and the arrival of people from different cultures in response to Sikh immigration?
Who were resentful of economic competition and the arrival of people from different cultures in response to Sikh immigration?
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To which Native American tribe did three brothers from 'modern day India or Pakistan' marry into after receiving their freedom in 1710?
To which Native American tribe did three brothers from 'modern day India or Pakistan' marry into after receiving their freedom in 1710?
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