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By the 1990s Indian businesses and institutions began appearing in Metro Detroit, especially in Farmington Hills, Garden City, and Sterling Heights. [7] By 2004, there was an estimate of 93,681 Asian Indians in the entire State of Michigan, almost four times the number in 1990, 23,845.
The Indian government designated Mizoram as a union territory on 21 January 1972. Pu Laldenga , the president of the Mizo National Front, [ 92 ] signed a peace accord in 1986 with the Government of India, stating Mizoram was an integral part of India.
The L'Anse Indian Reservation is the land base of the federally recognized Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (Ojibwe: Gakiiwe’onaning) of the historic Lake Superior Band of Chippewa Indians. (The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community was defined in 1934 by the Indian Reorganization Act as the successor apparent of the L’Anse and Ontonagon bands). [4]
A 2013 report by the Global Detroit and Data Driven Detroit stated that of the immigrant ethnic groups to Metro Detroit, the largest segment is the Indian population. [57] As of 2012, the Indian populations of Farmington Hills and Troy are among the twenty largest Indian communities in the United States. [58]
Vaiphei: Found in Manipur, India, the Vaiphei community is known for its unique dialect and traditions. Simte: Inhabiting regions of Manipur and Mizoram in India, the Simte tribe has its own language and cultural practices. Ralte: A sub-group within the Mizo community, the Ralte people are primarily located in Mizoram, India.
To have a broader scope, the mission's name was changed to North East India General Mission (NEIGM) in 1924. [ 51 ] The first resistance to British hegemony by the Kuki people was the Kuki Rebellion of 1917–19 , also known as the Anglo-Kuki War, after which their territory was subjugated by the British. [ 52 ]
Meena (pronounced) is a tribe from northern and western India which is sometimes considered a sub-group of the Bhil community. [5] [6] It used to be claimed they speak Mina language, a spurious language. Its name is also transliterated as Meenanda or Mina. They got the status of Scheduled Tribe by the Government of India in 1954. [7]
Mising is an endonym which literally means "man of the soil." Miri, on the other hand, is an exonym commonly applied by plains Assamese people. The origin of the term Mising is believed to be coming from the river named Siang that connects with Brahmaputra in Assam.