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A West Indian is a native or inhabitant of the West Indies (the Antilles and the Lucayan Archipelago).In the 1597 Oxford English Dictionary (OED), the term West Indian initially described the indigenous inhabitants of the West Indies, by 1661 the term defined "an inhabitant or native of the West Indies, of European origin or descent."
"West Indies" or "West India" was a part of the names of several companies of the 17th and 18th centuries, including the Danish West India Company, the Dutch West India Company, the French West India Company, and the Swedish West India Company. [12] West Indian is the official term used by the U.S. government to refer to people of the West ...
The West Indian migration to the modern United States began in the colonial period, when many West Indians were imported as slaves to the British colonies of North America. First people from West Indies who arrived in the United States were slaves brought to South Carolina in the 17th century. [3]
Indo-Caribbean people in the 19th century celebrating the Indian culture in West Indies through dance and music. From 1838 to 1917, over half a million Indians from the former British Raj or British India and Colonial India , were taken to thirteen mainland and island nations in the Caribbean as indentured workers to address the demand for ...
The West Indies (or Antilles) in relation to the continental Americas A Navajo boy in the desert in present-day Monument Valley in Arizona with the "Three Sisters" rock formation in the background in 2007 Amerindian and Inuit populations of the Americas as of year 2024
[33] [34] Carl O. Sauer called the Florida Straits "one of the most strongly marked cultural boundaries in the New World", noting that the Straits were also a boundary between agricultural systems, with Florida Indians growing seed crops that originated in Mexico, while the Lucayans of the Bahamas grew root crops that originated in South ...
Pakistan vs West Indies. 04:31. Teams will be announced at the toss. Pakistan vs West Indies. 04:30. Follow live coverage of Pakistan vs West Indies from the ICC World Test Championship 2023-25 today.
Amacano, Florida west coast [27] Apalachee, northwestern Florida [28] Atakapa (Attacapa), Louisiana west coast and Texas southwestern coast [28] Akokisa, Texas southeast coast [29] Bidai, Texas southeast coast [29] Deadose, eastern Texas; Eastern Atakapa, western coastal Louisiana; Orcoquiza, southeast Texas; Patiri, eastern Texas; Tlacopsel ...