Indian

IndianAlso □Americas autochthonsIs eliminatesEskimoOutside all AmericasIndigenousThe inhabitant always called. Italy navigator C □ColumbusWhen navigation to Americas, 误以为 the everywhere one visit is India, therefore is called as this place indigenous inhabitant "Indians" Later although discovered his mistake, but this kind of name law already became the custom to call the law and popularized, therefore English and other Europe language called the Indian is"West" IndianWhen necessity, in order to distinguish, calls genuine India artificial "east" the Indian. Chinese translation this word translates directly "the west indies person" "the Indian" or "Indian" Has exempted the confusion trouble. ThisRaceDistributes in the north and south Americas various countries, isMongolian raceAmericas collateral series. Use印第安语Including severalBranch of a language familyDoes not have the recognition until now language classification.

The Indian belongs to the person of Asian descent, but before once was considered was the Red Indian, because their skin is red frequently, afterwards only then knew theseRedIs because the custom spreads the red pigment in the face to give human's wrong understanding.

Origin

□from the Americas autochthon's origin, □□has three □□law:

1. First, some researchers believed that, the Americas autochthon's ancestor possibly is in the about 20,000 years ago from Asia crossedBering StraitArrives the Americas, or was passes ice-bound channel Lu Qiao past;
2. Second, had the recent years to study □shows, the South America and Central America had the many ages long □skeleton □□, □the skeletons age compared to the North America □□□most ancient skeleton □long, moreover □the standard □□south □Java person □was more similar, therefore some human of □□earliest autochthons possibly pass □the sea route, from□south □Passes □South Pacific OceanThe different sea route to □center, the South America, then spreads again to the entire boundary.
3. Third, also is the view which the present is in fashion, synthesized above two views, thought in North America as well as the part, the South America Indian is moves through Bering Strait Lu Qiao to Americas' northern Asia inhabitant descendant, but other center, South America Indian then has the possibility is from Pacific Ocean islands move but comeMalayDescendant.

The Indian passes through more than 20,000 years differentiation, has produced differently many nationality sum language. In history the Indian once has founded four empires, most importantly North AmericaArds Taiwan gramEmpire sum South AmericaIndia CanadaEmpire. In IndianMasurium YaThe human inventedMasurium elegant writingRight astronomy research attainments quite are also thorough. The Indian domesticatedCorn、Potato、Hot pepper、Tomato、Tobacco、CocoaCrops.

Because the colonizer persecutes, slaughters the Indian, destroys 印第安 the culture, causes the ancient times civilized material which the present survives already not to be many under, but the present research more and more aroused the archaeology interest, the Americas country also starts to excavate the ancient times 印第安 culture vigorously.

Statistics have indicated, colonizes the time, Spain respective territory has 13 million Indians to kill, Brazil area has probably 10000000 to kill,American west bound movementCenter also has 1 million about Indians to kill. At present probably has 30 million Indians.

Ancient times Indian

• Masurium Yaren
• Ards Taiwan gram person
• Inca

With many other small tribes.

Refers to

• Totemism