美洲原住民(又叫美洲土著)係最先到美洲定居嘅人同佢哋嘅後人。美洲土著入便絕大多數係印第安人,剩低嘅就係主要喺北美洲北部嘅愛斯基摩人。傳統上將美洲土著劃歸蒙古人種美洲支系。當歐洲人第一次去到美洲嗰陣時,美洲土著一早已經去勻南北美洲各地。美洲土著講嘅話好多,而家重有嘅美洲土著話約莫有350個,分別屬於十幾個語系,到而家都冇公認嘅語言分類。
美洲土著經過兩萬幾年嘅分化同埋發展,產生咗好多唔同嘅民族同埋話,其中特別以分佈廣泛嘅印第安人最明顯,產生過瑪雅文明、阿茲特克文明等出名嘅美洲文明。但係,後來因為歐洲殖民者對美洲土著同埋佢哋嘅文化進行逼害同埋毀滅,有好多嘅美洲土著天花病死咗,搞到而家剩返嘅古代文明材料已經唔多。不過,而家有關美洲土著嘅研究越來越引起考古界嘅關注,而且喺好多美洲國,美洲土著嘅地位都有顯著提高。
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