The mission churches share certain spatial qualities with the indigenous kiva, a round, partly subterranean room used by many Southwest Native American communities for important rituals.(這些教會(huì)與當(dāng)?shù)氐牡叵露Y堂在空間上有一些相似之處，許多西南地區(qū)的印第安人社區(qū)用它來(lái)舉行重要的儀式。)

It's given here this sort of cliched about the noble origin with the Native American, the Plains Indian.(這里講的是一種關(guān)于美洲原住民，即草原印第安人的高貴出身的陳詞濫調(diào)。)

One day an old Native American grandfather was talking to his grandson.(一天，一位印第安老祖父正在跟他的孫子聊天。)

Ponce de Leon's presence was brief as he was attacked by native American forces and died in nearby Cuba.(龐塞·德萊昂的存在是短暫的，他遭到了美洲土著勢(shì)力的襲擊并卒于古巴附近。)

Native American religions were repressed for a very long time and so people have become very protective.(美洲土著的信仰曾經(jīng)長(zhǎng)年被壓抑過(guò)，所以現(xiàn)在人們變得防備性相當(dāng)強(qiáng)。)

For example, the mission churches share certain spatial qualities with the indigenous kiva, a round, partly subterranean room used by many Southwest Native American communities for important rituals.(例如，這些教會(huì)與當(dāng)?shù)氐膋iva（一種圓形的地下房間）在空間上有一些相似之處，許多西南地區(qū)的印第安人社區(qū)用它來(lái)舉行重要的儀式。)

Over the last few decades, having Native American ancestry has apparently become popular.(在過(guò)去幾十年中，印第安人血統(tǒng)顯然頗受青睞。)

Each February, 80 to 90 black, Hispanic and Native American kids visit Rice on an expenses-paid trip.(每年二月，80到90名黑人，西班牙裔和印第安人兒童會(huì)免費(fèi)參觀萊斯。)

The Native American people were all adept at running very fast over the snow in these birch branch snowshoes, which if you ever tried walking in snowshoes you know it wasn't easy.(印第安人都很擅長(zhǎng)穿著樺樹(shù)樹(shù)枝做的雪鞋在雪地上跑得飛快；如果你試過(guò)穿著雪鞋走路，你就會(huì)明白，這其實(shí)并不輕松。)

There are two other kinds of research that have thrown some light on the origins of the Native American population; they involve the study of teeth and of languages.(還有另外兩種研究對(duì)印第安人的起源提供了一些線索；它們包括對(duì)牙齒和語(yǔ)言的研究。)