Demography
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Social Science
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians, Demographics, Population
- Curriculum: American Indian History
- Geographical Location: United States
Article abstract: After European contact, most Native American nations experienced dramatic population losses, but today they represent one of the fastest-growing segments of American society
When Europeans arrived on the shores of North America, they encountered an estimated 1.2 to 18 million people. They were the “original Americans,” descendants of people who journeyed to North America thousands of years before Europeans. Over the millennia, Native Americans evolved hundreds of unique cultural traditions with their own worldviews, perhaps two hundred...
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