Indian

With this articleAnglo AmericaThe mainlandFormer peopleIt handles concerning.Former race of American stateReference.

IndianAmong former races of American state,EskimoAndアレウト family・The Hawaiian personAnd so on one of general term of the families which are excluded.

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EnglishIndianNorth AmericaWithCentral and South AmericaFormer raceWithout dividing, there is many a thing which points to both, but Japanese, there is many a thing which points to the North American former race which excludes Eskimo and アレウト family etc.. With Japanese,Latin AmericaWhen pointing to former race,American IndianWith there is many a thing which uses the word which is said.

Christopher ColumbusAmericaWhen arriving in the sea area, India, you misconceive, the former people of the area インディオス (mind of the Indian person) with you are derived from calling. The Indian person (this with English Indian) with in order to distinguishThe American Indian（American Indian）、アメリンド(Amerind) And so on also it is called. In other thingsFirst Nations、First Peoples、Indigenous Peoples of America、Aboriginal Peoples、Aboriginal Americans、Amerindians、Native CanadiansAnd so on there is naming.

Furthermore being called in one binding is the many these people, but really many tribes exist, from the cultural form which in addition is specific to the tribe and the fact that it has social style, passing by various routes to various times, it is thought that it is the end 裔 of the people who cross the sea gradually. RaceMongoloid raceIt assumes but, in Central and South America and that there is a series, the area which is close to thatネグロイドLike race it is not even e.g., also the tribe which is seen exists. According to recordCaucasianIt assumes that also the tribe which is regarded that (the generally known "white" belongs is included), existed (ヴァイキングBecause before the Columbus has arrived in North America, it is not the story which cannot be). In any case presently it is difficult to know the entire picture, with the race mixture of atrophy and the settlement person of section family.

Furthermore, e.g., the image (you attach the feather to the head and put on make-up in the face)Western filmDue to the place it is many. It made the villain of the white pioneer exclusively in first stage, but as for rear year conversely the hero apparent the work which is done increased.

In addition,The American Indian doctrineAnd so on, there is also a book which uses the home education for the moral teaching aid.

Cultural idea

Because it is not even race, it is not appropriate unconditionally to talk the culture.

Is, but moving whileHuntingIt assumes that the tribe which leads life is many. In additionNature worshipIt has it does, the human who is in civilization society after the modern times forgets tend e.g., individual spiritual culture,NatureAlso the person who is observed to this to with as for the appraisal for the spiritual characteristic which seriously considers harmony, riding in outdoor of recent years, and the boom of ecology the example which is taken a second look being many, appearing in various cultural media partly due, exists little.

The culture and the like which is specific to each tribe was referred to the section of section family of related item and.

History of modern times (collision with the immigration)

Indian was taken the land after the Columbus, by the arrival of the white, was slaughtered, or the white broughtInfectious diseaseThe 斃 れ it is. You take the land and the water source with large-scale farm development of white society,BuffaloThe record which often is opposed and so on centering on the natural resource is left. In addition the person where regional culture is lost by assimilation policy, survivesRace mixtureConversion advances and it assumes that the pure tribe remains and is little.

For a long time, each national government decides law, is narrowLiving areaPushing in Indian, you dressed up legitimacy, but it reached the point where policy such as compensation and land return to past exploitation can be forced attendant upon the consciousness-raising of worldwide human rights protection of the environment. But it is taken with you cannot call sufficient measure.

Presently fixed protective policy the social security system due to that is taken, but one end the race which is destroyedIdentityLosing the purpose to which restoration is difficult, lives alcoholic drinks, also serious social collapse phenomenon is seen. To designate traditional culture as show in, visiting converting and also the person who obtains the sustenance of life seeing, fusing to the American community and there is also a person who lives, but on the other hand becoming extinct there is also a person who lives in traditional life from white European-American society. History of long discrimination and race collision, the part where the groove is left between both parties is deep-rooted, furthermore related restoration now, it is the under way.

Calling changing

Recently, about naming, "Indian"DiscriminationFrom the reason that it is promoted,Native AmericanWith it calls and the movement which is changed is advanced, but as for the word which includes these "America" United States of America, it is. On the one hand, the former people who have pride in being called "Indian" to call, this in addition to change the name there is also an opinion which we assume that itself it is discriminatory. In the first place, because the place name, itself America is the rear attaching.

Concerning the problem regarding naming and discriminating,Note:The American IndianIt is reference.

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