填空题 A. The wars between Indian and the settlers
B. Indians were pushed away
C. Indians, once the master of America, now live in their reservation
D. Indians are still fighting for the improvement of their lives
E. The relationship between Indians and the early settlers
F. Indians were ferocious savages
G. Indian"s struggle for their own possessions
1
When Christopher Columbus landed on America"s shores, he encountered copper-shinned people whom he promptly called "Indians". Current estimates indicate that there were over a million Indians inhabiting Indians North American then. There are approximately 800,000 Indians today, of whom about 250,000 live on reservations.
2
The early settlers had an amicable relationship with Indians, who share their knowledge about hunting, fishing and farming with their uninvited guests. The stereotyped stealthy, wicked Indian of Western movies are created by different faithless white man; the Indian was born friendly. Indian lifestyle greatly influenced the whites; whites continue to have defected to join the Indians.
3
Disgust developed between the Indians and the settlers, whose encroachment on Indian lands provoked an era of turbulence. As early as 1745, Indian tribes joined together to drive the French off their land. The French and Indian war did not end until 1763. The Indian had succeeded in destroying most of the settlements. The British, superficially submissive to the Indiana, promised that further migrations west would not extend beyond a specified boundary.
4
Evicted from their lands, or worse still, frankly giving their property to the whites for few baubles, Indians were ruthlessly pushed west. The battle in 1876 at Little Horn river in Montana, in which setting Bull and the Sioux tribes massacred General Custer"s cavalry, caused the whites intensify their campaign against the red man. The battle at Wound Knee, South Dakota, in 1890 put an end to the last vestige of hope for amity between Indians and whites.
5
Although the Bureau of Indian affairs has operated since 1842, presumably for the purpose of guarding Indians "interests", Indian on reservations lead notoriously deprived lives. Due to historical reasons, the majority of Indians are now living in remote rural areas. Most of the Indian nation also retains their traditional way of life and customs. In the multi-ethnic society in Latin America, the Indians is a vulnerable group. There are very few live in cities and towns, with formal employment, the vast majority are still living in the mainland forest, grassland areas, engaged in simple crafts such as agriculture, animal husbandry, forestry, fisheries, divorced from modern society. Indian ghettos suffer from economic backwardness, the difficulties of life, and low levels of health and education, and all aspects of the situation in stark contrast to the mainstream of society, simply unbearable under the dramatic impact of national modernization and economic globalization. In recent times Indians have taken a militant stand and appealed to the courts and the American people to improve their substandard living conditions.