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Native Americans

The first Americans — the peoples who shaped this continent for thousands of years before 1492, and their long struggle to survive the centuries that followed. Explore them region by region, and trace their history from first contact to the present.

The First Peoples

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The Northeast

The Southeast

The Great Plains

The Southwest

The Great Basin

California

The Plateau

The Pacific Northwest

From 1492 to Today

A Timeline of Native America

Five centuries of encounter, war, removal, and renewal. Blood Spilled →

Before Contact

Colonial Encounters · 1492–1763

1502Aztec Empire Falls 1607English Land At Jamestown 1613Pocohontas Captures 1616-20Small Pox Epidemic 1618Warfare Between Indians and Jamestown Settlers 1636-37Pequot War 1644-46Second Virginia War 1649-1700Iroquois Expansion Wars 1675-76King Phillips War 1680-91Pueblo Revolt 1711-22Tuscarora War 1754-63French and Indian Wars

A New Nation · 1763–1830

1763British Declare Land West of Appalachians Indian 1776-83War of Independence 1787Northwest Ordinance 1793-94Battle in Northwest 1811Battle Tippecanoe 1813-14Creek War

Removal · 1830–1860

1830Indian Removal 1833Second Seminole War 1838Trail of Tears 1846US Receives Southwest From Mexico

The Plains Wars · 1860–1890

1862Sioux Uprising 1868Treaty of Larmie 1871Indians to Reservations 1875Little Big Horn 1881"Century of Dishonor" Published 1886Geronimo 1890Wounded Knee

Assimilation & Renewal · 1890–Today

1902Lone Wolfe v. Hitchock 1924Indians Granted Citizenship 1934Roosevelt Administration Aids Indians 1953Congress Passes Termination Act 1962Termination Ends ·60sToPresent

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