THE ORIGINAL AMERICANS: NATIVE AMERICANS


This web site is dedicated to inform students of the rich history of select Native American groups.  Christopher Columbus did not “discover” America in 1492 as traditional history texts assert.  Rather, he encounter various indigenous inhabitants of present day North America.  Ever since then, Europeans and European-Americans have encroached upon and taken away land from Native Americans.  Below is a map of the continental United States with three Native American tribal links: Cherokee, the Navajo and the Potawatomi.

                     

Click below to learn about the select Native American people.    



 

                                            Cherokee                          Navajo                             Potawatomi

 

 

Click here to view Native American land holdings throughout history






References of historical data presented on this site:

Davis, Mary B. (editor)  (1996).  Native America in the Twentieth Century.  New York: Garland Publishing Inc.

Moquin, Wayne (editor)  (1995).  Great Documents in American Indian History.  New York: Da Cappo Press.

Pritzker, Barry M.  (2000).  A Native American Encyclopedia.  New York: Oxford University Press.

U.S. Census Bureau (1990)

Wilson, James.  (1998).  The Earth Shall Weep.  New York: Grove Press.