HIST 268 Lecture 1: HIST 268 Lecture 1
29 Aug 2016
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When columbus landed in america, there were no indians . Instead, there were many people who identified themselves by different tribes/nations. These people became indians during the european conquest. Some peoples were created by the conquest; all were transformed by it. In canada, there are the first nations. Native people prefer to be called by their nation. Loss of authenticity after interaction with the whites. Simply not true; there are about 3 million native americans in the. In the 1880s, the u. s started looking at blood percentages to determine how. Native american the people were; this helps propagate the idea of a vanishing race. Native americans make up roughly 1% of the u. s. population. They have the highest rate of natural increase (2. 7 vs. 2. 0 for the u. s. ) 25% in poverty vs. 15. 1% u. s. average. Native americans own 56 million acres of territory ----> 4% of the u. s. 28% of n. a. speak their native languages at home.
