美洲原住民

Native American

Before the end of the 15th century American Indian do not have a unified title law.

在15世紀末之前本來並沒有統一的稱法。When Italian navigator Columbus sailed to America in

1492, thought by mistake the place of arrival was India, so have this place resident call " Indians " (Spanish: " Indios" ) .

1492年意大利航海家哥倫布航行至美洲時，誤以為所到之處為印度，因此將此地的土著居民稱作“印度人”（西班牙語：“ indios”）

by the 20th centuried, the status of a lot of American Indian of American states had obvious improvement, some government organs or non-government organizations begin to " American Indian " this name " rectify name ", for example often known as the more political and more correct one in Canada " first nations" .

到20世紀，許多美洲國印第安人的地位有明顯改善，一些政府機構或民間組織開始對“印第安人”這一名稱進行“正名”，比如在加拿大往往被稱為更加政治正確的“第一民族。

名稱由來

Believe " everything have fairy theories “相信“萬物有靈論”American Indian have already been

assimilated by the faith of European Christianity on intensity, American most American Indian today believe Christ, but Indian primitive faith still exists, it and Christianity mix, become a kind of strange religious belief.

印第安人程度上已經被歐洲基督教信仰所同化，在今天的美國大部分印第安人信基督，但印第安的原始信仰仍然存在，它與基督教相混雜，成為一種奇怪的宗教信仰。

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美洲原住民符號所象徵意義

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