Unit 1 A land of diversity Section Ⅰ Warming Up &;Reading -Pre-readingAmerican Indians are the native people in the United States
They belong to more than five hundred Indian tribes 部 落
Many tribe members live on reservations
These are areas that the United States government set up for native tribes that had lost their lands to European settlers
Some reservations are larger than American states
The Bureau of Indian Affairs supervises these territories
Tribes on reservations have limited selfrule
Generally, American Indians do not enjoy the same economic and educational success as other Americans
They earn less money and have more unemployment than other Americans
They also have higher rates of disease and die younger than other American groups
However, the American Indian