WHENyouthinkofatypicalAmericanwhomdoyoupicture?AprettyblondwhiteAmericanlikeTaylorSwift?OrahandsomeblackAmericanlikePresidentBarackObamaorbasketballstarKobeBryant?InfacttherewasatimewhentheaverageAmericanlookedlikenoneofthesepeople.
Backintheyear1500theaverageAmericanwasabrown-skinnedhunter-gathererwhoprobablyrodeahorseandworeclothingmadefromanimalskins.Todaythesepeople-whousuallyidentifythemselvesbasedontheirindividualtribessuchasIriquoisApacheandNavajo-arebroadlyreferredtoas“NativeAmericans”“AmericanIndians”orsimply“Indians”.
There’sachancethatyou’veneverevenheardofAmericanIndians.That’sbecausetherearen’tverymanyleft.WhentheEuropeansettlementofNorthAmericabegantherewerefierceconflictsbetweenthesettlersfromoverseasandthesenativepeoples.AftertheBritishgovernmentandmilitarywereexpelled(赶走)intheRevolutionaryWarconflictswithnativescontinuedasthestateswerecreatedthatwouldlatermakeuptheUS.Intheseconflictsmillionsofnativeswerekilled.
In1830presidentAndrewJacksonsignedtheIndianRemovalAct.ThisactrequiredallIndianstomigratetothewestoftheMississippiRivertoallowfortheexpansionoftheUS.AmericanIndiansweretreatedasamilitary“enemy”until1924whenthefewIndiansstillaliveatthatpointweregrantedUScitizenship.ThatwasthefirsttimethattheUSgovernmentformallyrecognizedIndiansashumanbeings.
WhilethestoryoftheAmericanIndianshasbeenasadonethesepeoples’legacies(遗产)arestillfelteverydayintheUS.ManyUSgeographicalnamescomefromIndianlanguagessuchasOhioTopekaKansasandthePotomacRiver.AtthesametimetherearenumeroussuccessfulacademicsandotherimportantUSleaderswhoaredescendedfromIndians.AndnowadaysmoreandmorehistoryclassesinUSpublicschoolsareeducatingstudentsabouthowIndianssufferedduringthesettlementoftheUS.Iwasluckyenoughtotakesuchahistoryclassinhighschool.Isincerelybelievethatifwewantabetterfuturewemustlookcarefullyandhonestlyatthepast.
56.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUEaccordingtothearticle?
A.FewAmericanIndianshaveachievedsuccessduetotheirpo