Indio

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Indio is the Spanish word for "Indian", "Native American" or by mistake Amerindian. It may refer to:

• Indio, California, a city
• Indio (beer), a Mexican beer

[edit] People

• Indio, Spanish word used mistakenly for Amerindians from Mesoamerica and South America. It was also used in Spanish Colonial times for the ethnic Malays in the Philippines, who were not called Filipinos in Spanish Colonial times. Filipino Sailors serving in the Manila-Acapulco Galleon Trade were called Luzones Indios, Manilamen, or Indios Bravos in the Philippines and Mexico in colonial times. The name “Filipino” was given to the white Spanish colonists born in the Philippines. Particularly in South America, the word Indio may be used in a derogatory point of view from members of a different ethnic group.

Gli indios erano un grande popolo.Journalist Richard Rodriguez wrote an essay entitled '"Soy Indio", in which he states that, on a trip to Mexico, he astonished VIP's by being well spoken and well dressed but having dark skin and Indio facial features. Had he grown up in Mexico, he would have been denied a good education and good jobs; but in the U.S., he was allowed onto the first steps of the ladder and had the ability to climb the rest of the way.

• Aluísio Francisco da Luz, nicknamed Índio, a Brazilian football player in the 1940s to 1960s
• Marcos Antônio de Lima, nicknamed Índio, a Brazilian football player who currently plays for Internacional
• José Sátiro do Nascimento, nicknamed Índio, a Brazilian football player who currently plays for PAOK Thessaloniki FC
• Indio (music), a Canadian recording artist whose real name is Gordon Peterson
• Indio Downey, son of actor Robert Downey Jr. and model Deborah Falconer

[edit] Other

• Indio is the name of a song used near the end of the Noir Anime and is the final track (19) on Noir Original Soundtrack II.