For over a century, the American Indians on the island fished, hunted, trapped and farmed among the lush banana and pecan trees that once spread out for acres.

一个多世纪以来，这座小岛上的美国印第安人在绵延数英亩的葱郁的香蕉树和山核桃林间以捕鱼、狩猎、诱捕猎物、种粮食为生。

They bought the island from the American Indians for a few glass necklaces, worth about $26 today.

一六零五年，第一批欧洲人从荷兰出发来到曼哈顿，他们用今日市值二十六美元的几串玻璃项链从美洲印第安人手中买下了这个岛屿。

Yet this land is not empty--Native American Indians are spread across the land mass, as are Spanish colonists and French explorers.

然而这片土地并不是杳无人烟的，印第安人在这片土地上散居着。

The life expectancy for Mexican - Americans is estimated at 57 years, and for American Indians at 44 years.

美籍墨西哥人的估计寿命是57岁，美国印第安人为44岁。

He composed the symphony inthe spirit of the folklore African Americans and American Indians aftercoming to America.

他来到美国后，根据非裔美国人和美国印第安人的民间音乐的精神谱写了这个交响曲。

North American Indians were idealized in European literature of that time; they were considered happy because they were not acquainted with modern civilization.

在当时的欧洲文学中，北美印第安人被美化：他们不熟悉现代文明，因而被认为是幸福的。

During the next one hundred years the fort was used as a prison to hold American Indians from the western States. It was also used as a military prison.

在此后的一百年中，这座堡垒成了监狱，关押来自美国西部的印第安人，它还是一座军事监狱。

He complains that because Asians, blacks, Hispanics and American Indians have all successfully won more space in the curriculum, there is less classroom time to recognise the contributions of others.

他抱怨道亚洲人，黑人，西班牙人和美洲第安人在课程中成功地赢得了一席之地，因此几乎没有课程(内容)能够排给其它的民族。