"Indian" is a race. It is? Are you sure it isn't shorthand for "native peoples that live in the US but are not citizens"? Do you think that children of indians

"Indian" is a race. It is? Are you sure it isn't shorthand for "native peoples that live in the US but are not citizens"? Do you think that children of indians and white folk who lived amongst the colonists would have been counted as indians in 1790? the race box was originally used to count free people, indians, and slaves. Perhaps I am missing it, but I don't see a "race box" in the 1790 form. And even if it was there, it still wouldn't change the fact that the constitutional text mandating census is phrased in terms of slaves and free people without any mention of color. So again, I can't see how your cite is relevant to your original claim.