[Verginius Rufus]

Since “Native American” has replaced “Indian,” why do we still have a state called Indiana? Why hasn’t it been renamed Nativeamericana?

[count-your-change]

Indiana was named after a guy named Temple Jones who was Doomed to live out his life in a 35mm prison. Oh the horror!.......or something....

[muawiyah]

Jefferson and Hamilton (and other British subjects who'd been to India) did the first Ohio Valley surveys after the Brits had taken it from the French and noted that the territory was EXCEEDINGLY FLAT, just like the Indian plains.

Hence, the name Indian~a was applied.

Has nothing to do with the Indians ~ just the lay of the land and the education of the surveyors.

[Political Junkie Too]

Since “Native American” has replaced “Indian,” why do we still have a state called Indiana?

Because they want to entice the offshore IT companies from Bangalore and Mumbai to move their American headquarters there.

-PJ

[a fool in paradise]

If we can’t can’t call “Native Americans” Indians and people from India are known as “Asian” or “Hindi”, who ARE the Indians?