pan-Indianism

noun

pan-In·​di·​an·​ism ˌpan-ˈin-dē-ə-ˌni-zəm 

1

or less commonly Pan-Indianism usually disapproving : the practice of treating or representing North American Indigenous peoples as a united or monolithic group and ignoring or de-emphasizing their differences (as of culture, history, or region)

… the need to correct the erasure and pan-Indianism encouraged by … popular culture …

—Nick Martin

"There used to be a sort of 'pan-Indianism' promoted in Canadian tourism that contributed to stereotypes about Indigenous people," says Marilyn Yadultin Jensen, vice-chair of the Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada (ITAC) …

—Jessica Purpas

2

usually Pan-Indianism : the practice or an instance of fostering a shared sense of cultural identity among Indigenous American peoples especially in order to further common interests

Pan-Indianism began to supersede nativism among Native Americans in North America. … Intellectually, the twentieth century saw the development of pan-Indian literature and poetry, and pan-Indian political ideas …

—Encyclopedia of Race and Racism

the Pan-Indianism movement of the 1960's

pan-Indian

ˌpan-ˈin-dē-ən 

adjective

or less commonly Pan-Indian

Word History

First Known Use

1945, in the meaning defined at sense 2