American Indians from 1500s present

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American Indiansfrom 1500s present

• by
• Bob Eckhart

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History

• It is thought that the American Indians (aka
  Native Americans) originated from Asia and
  crossed the Bering Strait (Bering Land Bridge)
  20,000 years ago.

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• The history of the American Indians is
  characterized by four periods
• Pre-contact (pre 1500s), also known as
  pre-history, pre-European, or pre-Columbian
• Contact and trading (1500s 1750)
• Conquest (1750 1890)
• Modern (1890 present)

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Pre-Contact Period

• Pre-1500s

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Population Distribution

• Population density of American Indians in 1500s

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Geography
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Culture

• Housing types
• Communities
• Tools
• Diet

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Religion
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Contact and Trading Period

• 1500s - 1750

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Contact and Trading Period

• Europeans who landed in and discovered America
• Italy, Spain, Portugal,

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Landscape
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Tribes
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Colonial Tribes
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Trade Routes
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Conquest Period

• 1750 1890

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Creation of Reservations
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Land Transfers

• These two maps reveal the dramatic transfer of
  Indian lands into white hands between 1775 to
  1894.
• The shaded areas are Indian holdings, the white
  areas those held by settlers

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Modern Period

• 1890s present

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Current Tribes
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Land Loss from 1775 1992
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Modern Population
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Threats