THE ORIGINAL AMERICANS: NATIVE AMERICANS
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.
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.