Asian Indians Asian Indians are persons of Indian-subcontinent origins. The United States Census Bureau uses the term Asian Indian to avoid confusion… Read More »Asian Indians
Bamboo Inn The Bamboo Inn, a Chinese American restaurant at 39 in the building opened on July 13, 1918. The two-story restaurant… Read More »Bamboo Inn
Buddhism Buddhism has had a visible presence in Indianapolis since at least the 1980s, with the number of temples and meditation… Read More »Buddhism
Ko Kuei Chen (Feb. 26, 1898-Dec. 12, 1988). A native of Shanghai, China, Chen came to the United States after graduating from Tsing… Read More »Ko Kuei Chen
Chinese Few Chinese immigrants settled in Indianapolis until the late 20th century. The federal Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and the… Read More »Chinese
Festivals Like most large cities, Indianapolis has a sizeable number of annual festivals focused on the arts and culture, food, sports,… Read More »Festivals
Filipinos Although Filipinos were considered U.S. nationals following the annexation of the Philippine Islands after the Spanish-Amerian War of 1898, the… Read More »Filipinos
Greater Indianapolis Telugu Association A group of the South Indian diaspora from Andhra Pradesh, India, established The Greater Indianapolis Telugu Association (GITA) in December… Read More »Greater Indianapolis Telugu Association
Hinduism Growing quietly in Indianapolis since the 1960s, Hinduism became a far more visible religion in Indianapolis in the first decades… Read More »Hinduism
Indiana Association of Chinese Americans Established in 1974 as the Indianapolis Association of Chinese Americans, the nonprofit changed its name to the Indiana Association of… Read More »Indiana Association of Chinese Americans
