美国印第安人的历史,主要是一部印第安人与白人相互交往与冲 突的文化关系史。“白人一手高举《圣经》,一手挥舞利剑,踏进印第安人的家园。在屠杀印第安人的同时,又将他们拥有的一切豪夺巧取一尽,最终把他们赶入贫瘠的保留地。使他们至今仍过着与美国主流文明相隔数个文明发展阶段的生活。”这就是大多数中国文化人头脑中的基本常识。形象生动,毋庸置疑。其实,这与真实的历史相去甚远。倒不是因为它的谬误,而在于 The history of American Indians is mainly a history of cultural relations between Indian and white people interacting and conflicting. “The white hand held the Bible high in one hand and waved his sword in the other hand, marching into the home of the Indians, killing all the Indians at the same time as they wrested them into the barren reservation. So that they still live a life separated from the mainstream civilizations of the United States by several stages of civilization. ”This is the basic common sense in the minds of most Chinese cultural people. Vivid, no doubt. In fact, this is far from the true history. Not because of its fallacy, but rather