Initial situation
The first to ever live in America
Who were the Native Americans?
in the 1500s
When did the first White settlers arrive?
Indian lands
What did the white settlers want?
to leave their lands
what were they forced to do?
In reservations
Where were they compelled/ forced to live?
We ignore how they arrived
How did they arrive?
One million
How many Native Americans were there when the settlers arrive?
Indians resisted and fought back
What did Indians do? / How did Indians react?
The American government did.
WHO forced them to leave?
How many Native American tribes exist today?
30,000 years ago
When did they first arrive?
Diseases like smallpox and tuberculosis
What did they bring from Europe?
No, others cooperated
Did all the Indians fight?
In the late 1800s
When did the government force them to leave?
From Russia, through Alaska
Where did they come from?
Because they became infected with these diseases.
Why were entire tribes wiped out?