印第安人作为美洲原住民,在殖民者大量涌入后的数百年间遭受了毁灭性的灾难。白人的屠戮加上生活环境的恶化,使其人口锐减。在白人占主导地位的美国,印第安人受到各种各样的歧视和不平等待遇,而这不仅仅体现在现实生活中,在文学作品中也表现得相当明显。 Indians, as Native Americans, suffered a devastating disaster for centuries after the influx of settlers. The slaughter of whites and the worsening of the living environment caused their population to plummet. In the predominantly white America, Indians were subjected to a wide variety of discriminations and inequalities, not only in real life but also quite clearly in literary works.