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At one point in time ALL of North America was Native American.
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Many years before this, too...
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Disease was the biggest cause of death for Native Americans upon European Contact, not the Europeans themselves.
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Many years before this, too...
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When writing the U.S. Constitution, they used the Iroquois Confederacy as a model.
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Nancy Attucks was Crispus Attuck's mother, and was a member of the Natick Tribe (pictured).
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Nancy Attucks was Crispus Attuck's mother, and was a member of the Natick Tribe.
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This granted Britain more land west of the Appalachians, but restrictes the colonists from going there, claiming it was "Indian Territory".
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MOST (NOT ALL) Native American tribes allied with the British during the American Revolution.
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The Treaty iof Fort Pitt was the first treaty signed between Native Americans and the U.s. government.
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Tecumseh and his brother Tenskwatawa united the Eastern Tribes to resist United States expansion in the Ohio Valley and beyond.
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Approximately 20,000 Native Americans in California had the status of slaves in the region's missions in 1820.
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The forces migration of the Cherokee was called the Trail of Tears. It lasted from 1831 ro 1837.
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The Cherokee were forced to move fro Georgia to Indian Territory, along the "Trail of Tears", from 1831-1837.
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The Reservation System set aside areas of land for many Native American tribes.
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This was when the Carlisle Schools started. They continued until 1918. They were meant to erase Native culture from Native Americans and put in "American" culture.
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These Native American Boarding Schools (which started in 1879) forbid & punished students from&for using their native languages.
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The Dawes Act of 1887 banned Native Americans from owning land as a group.
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Chief Joseph attempts to lead the Nez Perce to Canada to escape the prejudice of American government.
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Wounded Knee is considered the decisive final battle in the European settling of the western United States.
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The Ghost Dance was a spiritual movement by Native Americans to resist European domination.
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Jim THorpe wond gold medals in the 1912 Olympics and was considered the greatest athlete in the world at the time.
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These Native American Boarding Schools (which started in 1879) forbid & punished students from&for using their native languages.
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Native Americans were finally recognized as U.S. Citizens in 1924.
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Charles Curtis was the name of the only U.S. Vice President with Native American bloodlines.
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The U.S. Military used the Navajo language as code throughout WWII. (1941-1945).
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The American Indian Movement was set up to fight for Native American Rights.
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From 1969-1971, Native Americans occupies Alcatraz in San Francisco to force the Federal Government to honor one of its treaties.
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From 1969-1971, Native Americans occupies Alcatraz in San Francisco to force the Federal Government to honor one of its treaties.
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The Trail of Broken Treaties was a political action designed to reaise awareness about the plight of Native Americans.
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Native Americans weren't allowed the right to their own religion until 1978.
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In 1988, Congress recognized the Indian right to gaming operations and passed the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA).
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Now, North America is approximately 1% Native American.
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NYC currently has the highest number of Native Americans living within its limits.
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The Military has the highest government capacity that Native are the highest represented per capita.
