A proper adjective is a type of adjective that is used to refer to a specific person, place, or thing. In this case, the proper adjective "Indian" is used to refer to the specific group of people known as the Cherokee people. Proper adjectives are always capitalized, even when they are used in the middle of a sentence.
Other examples of proper adjectives include:
- American
- British
- French
- Chinese
- Japanese
- German
- Italian
- Spanish
- Russian
- New York
- London
- Paris
- Beijing
- Tokyo
- Berlin
- Rome
- Madrid
- Moscow