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Misleading use of "Indian" term in data

So far as I can tell, the US Census bureau uses the term "Asian Indian" for anyone of South Asian ancestry, but this page implies this is data for people of Indian ancestry. This also discredits the article's claim NYC has "by far" the biggest Indian-American population of any city in North America, because that would make it Toronto (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Toronto#City_of_Toronto).

Highest concentration of Indians in the Western hemisphere?

From the current version of the article (June 7th 2023):

"India Square, in the heart of Bombay, Jersey City, New Jersey, home to the highest concentration of Asian Indians in the Western Hemisphere"

Even without doing in-depth research on this topic, Surrey, BC (population 600+ thousand) has 38% of the city being of South Asian heritage. Source: Wikipedia

Surrey, British Columbia

While it's true that not all South Asians are Indians, anecdotally as someone who used to live in Surrey the overwhelming majority of South Asians there are Indian (specifically from the Punjab region).

2001:569:78B3:9300:65AE:8F5F:3336:2E5B (talk) 18:45, 7 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Migration policy: Educated and skilled immigrants

Please discuss here if you have any issues with the content on this. I added based on cited references The educational opportunities for students

https://theprint.in/india/governance/no-let-up-in-number-of-Indians-going-to-study-in-the-us/148859/

Jobs for highly skilled workers have helped in growth of a skilled and educated Indian immigrant population in recent decades.

https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/indian-immigrants-united-states-2019

Thanks. RogerYg (talk) 09:00, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Theofunny Please discuss any content issues on this topic here. Thanks. RogerYg (talk) 09:01, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Three brothers marrying into Native American Tribes

The source for this claim under the history section does not back it up. There is no mention of the three brothers in either the source for their existence or the Nasnemond people tracing their lineage back to their intermarriage. Jrhooman (talk) 22:48, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. Claim (including a direct quote) has been in the article unchanged since it was added in 2023. but the sources do not support this. Interesting that supposed sources are listed as having been accessed years before they were added. Removed. Meters (talk) 23:13, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]