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Native Americans are originally from America and this nation fascinates many. In 1492 [|Cristopher Columbus] travelled to an island called San Salvador. He believed he was in India but it turned out that he arrived in America. At this time the Indians were living in tribes spread around in Alaska, Mexico, Canada, Peru, USA and all around South-America. To begin with there were only a few millions living in the North since big areas were covered with ice.

After Columbus discovered North America countries like Great Britain, Spain, France and Netherland got interested in America and that was the outset of the colonization. In the beginning the Native Americans didn’t see the Europeans as a problem, but after a while more people came, and more land where taken away from them. The reason why the Europeans were so interested to take over their country was because the Indians were living in very valuable places. You could find great amounts of gold and they also had agriculture. From the 16th to the 19th century there were many brutal battles. The Indians couldn’t overcome the Europeans since they were better equipped so the horrendous wars almost got them eliminated.The outcome was that they were deprived of their country and the Indians were forced to move to reservations that were spread around in America. The Native Americans suffered big defeats. In 1492 there were 200.000 – 300.000 people living on the island. In 1513 there were 14.000 and in 1548 there were only 500 left. Many were taken as slaves and the biggest problem was all the diseases. The indigenous people didn’t have antibodies to treat the diseases so that led to millions of people dying. It was impossible for them to overcome the challenges and difficult conditions that they were faced with!

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