荒漠中的印第安人

感恩節期間，開車獨乘在ARIZONA大狹谷附近的高速上，荒無人煙，一望無際，偶兒可見印第安人的簡陋的房子。遠里高速的都沒有象樣的路通過，每一處沒幾戶似的，村都算不上，過好一陣又能見類似的一小簇。不知為什麼不聚在一起?
高速旁，是賣工藝品的小店，同時也是住家(一戶)。不禁停下看看。
老漢在辟柴，問他是自己用還是賣給遊客CAMPING用，他說自己取暖用。老漢英文很好，人很友善，得知我來自中國還跟我說「你好」。工藝品都是手工，有的漂亮石頭是從附近河裡找的，價錢很便宜。
因為正是感恩節期，想想它的起源，看看今天印第安人的狀況，很是感慨。
ARIZONA好像印第安人不少，大峽谷的導遊和WATER RAFTING的DRIVER都是印第安人混血，他們都介紹自己的母親來源於XXXtribe,給我們講訴印第安人的一些傳說。特別是在河上吹著印第安人的笛曲，凄涼悲愴的聲音在古狹中回蕩，一船的人都被感染了。
他們好象也有意識的提醒著今天的人們什麼，大峽谷的導遊跟大家一再說明:第一發現大峽谷的人是NATIVE INDIANS.
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GLEN CANYON。
食物是高貴的。聽過為保護食物他們曾冒著生命危險採取一些行動(不一一講了)。最下面的白線處是最近沙子流失后新暴露的

精彩的片子.欣賞

謝版主!

不錯—PP
印第安人現在依然還生活在那裡嗎？

是的。政府在每個居住地附近建了很低的水塔，每個居住地好象就幾家住戶。不知以何維生，也
不知他們為何不搬到更好的地方去。附近的小城PAGE也見過些印第安人。謝謝大家喜歡。

Googled this:

Nowadays, there exist about 300 federal reservations in the United States, with a total of 52,017,551 acres held in trust by the federal government, the large majority west of the Mississippi. There are also 21 state reservations, most of these in the East. Some reservations are restricted to one tribe, others are jointly held. Some reservation land is owned, rented and occupied by non-Indians. The largest reservation is held by the Navajo tribe. Although the reservations are sovereign nations, the People are also considered U.S. citizens.

In the contemporary relationship between the federal government and federally chartered tribes, as it has reached the present through a number of historical stages, the United States Congress with its powers to ratify treaties and regulate commerce is the trustee of the special Indian status. The trusteeship involves protection of Indian property; protection of Indian right to self-government; and the provision of services necessary for survival and advancement. In the commission of its trusteeship, Congress has placed the major responsibility for Indian matters in the Department of Interior and its subdivision the Bureau of Indian Affairs. In addition to the central office in Washington D.C., the BIA maintains regional offices in 12 states, mostly in the West, with agencies on particular reservations as well. Many Native Americans have positions in the BIA, but relatively few are at the highest positions.

Indians are free to live anywhere. It is estimated that one-third to one-half of the Indian population in the United States now lives in cities. The greatest concentration of urban Indians, about 60,000, are found in the Los Angeles - Long Beach area of California. Other cities with large Indian populations are San Francisco - Oakland in California, Tulsa and Oklahoma city in Oklahoma, New York City and Buffalo in New York, Phoenix and Tucson in Arizona, Minneapolis - St. Paul and Duluth in Minnesota, Seattle - Everett in Washington, Rapid City in South Dakota, Denver in Colorado, Milwaukee in Wisconsin, Portland in Oregon, Albuquerque in New Mexico, and Nome, Bethel and Barrow in Alaska.