Native American name controversy

The Native American name controversy is an ongoing discussion about the changing terminology used by indigenous peoples of the Americas to describe themselves, as well as how they prefer to be referred to by others. Preferred terms vary primarily by region and age. As Indigenous people and communities are diverse, there is no one consensus on naming, aside from the fact that most people prefer to be referred to by their specific Nation or tribe.

When discussing broader subsets of peoples, naming may be based on shared language, region, or historical relationship, such as "Algonquin-speaking peoples", "Pueblo-dwelling peoples", "Plains Indians" or "LDN peoples" (Lakota, Dakota and Nakota peoples).

Many English exonyms have been used to refer to the indigenous peoples of what is now known as the Americas, who were resident when European colonists arrived in the 15th and 16th centuries. Some of these names were based on French, Spanish, or other European language terminology used by earlier explorers and colonists; some resulted from the colonists' attempt to translate endonyms from the native language into their own; and some were pejorative terms arising out of prejudice and fear, during periods of conflict between the cultures involved.

Red Indians (film)

Red Indians is a 2000 Malayalam action-drama movie directed by Sunil and produced by Ahmed Bachan. It stars Vikram and Preetha Vijayakumar in the lead roles.

Plot

A forest smuggle, played by Mansoor Ali Khan, lives in the jungle and smuggles sandalwood. He is also involved with other anti-social behaviour and forest controlling activities like robberies, dacoity, murders and drug pedalling. He consequently kidnaps an electrician Vikram and takes him to the jungle, forcing him to teach him how to make explosives. Vikram refuses to help create bombs and is subsequently falsely accused of murder. The rest of the story is about how Vikram proves his innocence to police investigators.

Cast