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At the time of initial contact with Europe, North America was approximately 100% Natives in population.
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Corn, Squash, and Beans were the three main crops that the Natives ate.
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Corn, Squash, and Beans were called the Three Sisters Crop because they grew dependent of each other.
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These two tribes were very proficient at hunting.
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This tribe got most of its food through fishing.
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The Natives used every part of the buffalo, from the meat, to the hair, to the bones and hide.
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The Salmon is symbolic to many Native Tribes, and it is very taboo to disrespect it
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The Cherokee and Navajo Tribes were expert farmers.
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Despite the Europeans hunting all their cattle, they stood back up and began to raise the European livestock and plants, like cows.
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The Natives used a lot of wheat and cows ever since the Europeans brought them over.
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His Mother was a member of the Natick Tribe.
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ACTUALLY issued on Oct 7, this forbid settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
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The Native Americans primarily sided with the British.
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The First Treaty between the Natives and the US is the Treaty of Ford Pitt, singed in 1778.
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The US Constitution was modeled after the Iroquois Confederation, along with many others.
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Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa were the brothers who united the eastern tribe to resist the European expansion in the Ohio Valley and beyond.
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The Trail of Tears was a forced relocation of the Native American nations of the SouthEastern parts of the US.
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The Cherokee were forced out of their homes from Georgia to Oklahoma.
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The Reservation system set apart land for distinct Native American Groups.
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In the near defeat of the Nez Perce, Cheif Joesph attempts to lead his tribe to Canada.
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This was an example of Europeans assimilating Native Children.
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The schools forbid the children to speak their language.
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The Natives occupied Alcatraz in San Francisco, California, to force the Federal Government to honor one of its Treaties.
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The Dawes Act banned Native Americans from owning land as a group.
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This man was an professional athlete of many sports; he is of Native American Descent.
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This was a spiritual movement to resist European domination.
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Wounded Knee is considered the final, decisive battle of the Europeans settling in the United States.
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Native Americans were not recognized until 1924.
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He was the only US Vice President with Native Descent.
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The US hunted all the buffalo that the Natives depended on.
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The Navajo Language was used as a code by the US in World War II.
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This organization was set in 1968 to advocate for Native American rights.
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This was a political action in 1972 to raise awareness of the struggles of the Native American people.
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It was illegal for the Native American People to practice their religion(despite the Mayflower people came to this land to escape religious prosecution) until 1978
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Approximately 1% of the population of NA is Natives.
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New York currently has the most Natives in the US, by population.
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Native Americans are the most represented per capita in the Military.
