Ojibwa. (Chippewa). North American Indians near Great Lakes. Supported French vs British in 7 Years War, British vs Americans in Revolution.

Pandit, Vijaya. 1900-90. Fought for Indian independence. First woman president of UN General Assembly 1953-4. Nehru’s Sister.

Parses. Parsis. Indian followers of Zoroastrianism from Persia 8C.

Patel, Vallabhbhai. 1875-1950. Indian nationalist with Gandhi.

Pocahontas. c1595-1617. American Indian friend of colonists. Saved John Smith, married Rolfe.

Pontiac. c1720-69. American Indian chief. Led revolt vs British 1763-6.

Powhatan. c1550-1618. American Indian chief. Pocohantas’ father. Co-op. with settlers.

Powhatan War. 1622-44. Indians attack settlers in Virgina, Maryland. Reprisals nearly wipe out tribe.

Prasad, Rajendra. 1884-1963. First president of Indian Republic 1950-62.

Proclamation of 1763. Limited settlement west of Appalachians to appease Indians.

Pueblo Rebellion. 1680. Pueblo Indians expel Spain from New Mexico -1692.

Rajagopalachari, Chakravarti. 1879-1972. Indian Governor General 1948-50. Founded Swatantra Party 1959.

Rajputs. 9C-. NW Indian Hindu warrior caste.

Ramakrishna. 1836-86. Indian mystic. Founded universal religion.

Raman, C.V. 1888-1970. Indian physicist. Raman effect: wavelength shift of deflected light.

Ray, Rammohan. 1772-1833. Indian Hindu scholar, translator. Helped abolish suttee.

Repartimiento. c1500-1820. Spanish-American colonists recruit Indians for forced labour.

Samudra Gupta. -c380. Hindu Indian Emperor. c330-. Expanded empire. Poet, musician, soldier.

Sand Creek Massacre. 1864. Settlers ignore truce flag, kill Cheyenne Indians. = Chivington Massacre.

Sapir, Edward. 1884-1939. Polish/US linguist. Studied North American Indian languages.

Seminole Wars. 1817-18, 1835-42. Seminole Indians forced out of Florida.

Seven Years War. 1756-63. France, Russia, Austria vs England, Prussia who retain Silesia, emerge as major power. French colonial power reduced. England gains New France, India. French-Indian Wars.

Shawnee. American Indians from Ohio defeated at Tippecanoe. Resettled in Oklahoma.

Sikkim. c1640 Independent kingdom. 1780 Nepal invades. 1814 Independent. 1861 British protectorate. 1947 Indian suzerainty. 1975 Indian state.

Sioux. Popular name for Dakota Confederation of American Indian tribes. Little Bighorn. Wounded Knee.

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