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目前在美国境内的印地安人约有825000人,大多数生活在印地安人保留地中。这些保留地主要分布在美国西部,中部及南部地区。美国印地安人分属三百多个不同的部落,有各自不同的语言,许多部落还有自己的文字。由于美洲尚未发现属于旧石器时代的人类文化遗址,所以可以肯定地说印地安的先祖是在远古时代从亚洲迁居来的。据地质学的研究,白令海峡原为一座联结亚、美两洲的“陆桥”,由于地质的变化,在一万五千多年前被上涨的海水吞没,亚、美大陆从此被分割开来。有人推测,印地安人的祖先移居美洲的时
There are currently about 825,000 Indians in the United States, most living in Indian reservations. These reservations are mainly distributed in the western United States, central and southern regions. American Indians belong to more than 300 different tribes, each with a different language, and many tribes have their own words. Since no Paleolithic human cultural site has yet been found in the Americas, it is safe to say that Indian ancestors moved from Asia in ancient times. According to the study of geology, the Bering Strait was originally a “land bridge” linking Asia with the United States. Due to geological changes, it was engulfed by rising seawater more than 15,000 years ago. As a result, the Asian and American continents were divided Come. Some people speculate that when Indian ancestors moved to the Americas