Western-European Exploration and Native Americans

Introduction

The American Indians of the United States, also known locally as Native American (Native American) are the ethnic groups of Amerindian race living in the United States and who speak the native languages are characterized by their diversity and number. In the 1950s, Native Americans were able to gain citizenship because of the support they received from the federal representatives for more than two decades. However, during the same decade, the termination of federal services took place by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the responsibility of Native Americans was given to state governments.

There is no doubt that the population of Native Americans has decreased in the recent years and they are considered a minority in the country. However, if they are a part of a minority, it does not mean that they do not have the fundamental rights of a citizen. They have the full rights of a respectable citizen like other Americans. There is a long history of the struggle which they carried out for their fundamental rights and obligations. Now the time has come where Native Americans would need to prepare an appropriate strategy for their better future.

The great dying impact on Native Americans

In the Western Hemisphere, the demographic collapse among Native Americans was catastrophic in places that had large populations on the eve of European contact. These places included the Caribbean islands, central Mexico, the Mayan highlands of southern Mexico and Central America, and the Andes Mountains. The Great Dying involved multiple infectious diseases and ferocious pandemics that followed one after another for more than a century and a half. It began when new disease pathogens were inadvertently introduced to American Indian populations by early Spanish and Portuguese invaders. Therefore they had no inherited defenses against them. In this perspective, the epidemic diseases can be seen as part of the Columbian Exchange of numerous organisms, including plants and animals.

Fate of Native Americans

History of the Indian tribes of North America begins with Sandia in 15,000 BC, Clovis at 12000 BC and 8000 BC in Folsom as the oldest documents. It was Christopher Columbus who came up with the name "Indian", although it was purely a mistake he made to believe the islands and the continent of America to be part of India which is in Asia. There were an estimated ten million Native Americans in the ages 16 and 17, when the Europeans came to North America for the first time. However, it was from 20-30000 years ago, when Native Americans first arrived. American culture and history have been using the traditional name of "Indian." Then it followed the equally popular and political term, "Native Americans." Both have been commonly used by different people about their preferences. They are called Native Americans or American Indians. They are the first inhabitants of America. Although they may lose their former way of life, culture and religion with the spirit of an American Indian has been enduring.

The changing and industrializing America of the first half of the ...