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American Indians
美國印第安人
American Indians are the native people in the United States.
美國印第安人是美國的土著居民，
They belong to more than five hundred Indian tribes.
他們分屬于500多個印第安部落。
Many tribe members live on reservations.
許多印第安人居住在美國政府為他們設立的居留地，
These are areas that the United States government set up for native tribes that had lost their lands to European settlers.
因為他們的土地一級被歐洲殖民者掠奪走。
Some reservations are larger than American states.
有些居留地比美國的州還要大。
The Bureau of Indian Affairs supervises these territories.
這些居留地由印第安事務所進行管理，
Tribes on reservations have limited self-rule.
部落的自治權有限。
Generally, American Indians do not enjoy the same economic and educational success as other Americans.
一般來說，美國印第安人沒有像其他美國人那樣在經濟和教育上取得很大的成就。
They earn less money and have more unemployment than other Americans.
他們賺錢不多，就業率很低，
They also have higher rates of disease and die younger than other American groups.
同時患病率較高，壽命比其他美國人短。
However, the American Indian economy has grown at three times the national rate since the 1980s.
然而，自20世紀80年代起，印第安人的經濟快速發展，是全國發展速度的3倍。
Some of the improvement has come from expansion of the American Indian gambling industry.
這部分是由于他們賭博業的擴大，
Many Indian tribes have legalized gambling on their reservations.
許多印第安部落立法規定，在居留地內賭博是合法的。
