The arrival of European settlers had a devastating impact on Native Americans. Additional info: https://www.nps.gov/articles/taas-indigenousheritage-intro.htm [Webmaster's note: EXAMPLE Ad. Address & time may not be accurate! When posting YOUR Ad, upload images to "Gallery" & use "Description" for info. UNLIMITED edits allow you to replace EXPIRED Event with another. However, only a total of 5 images can appear in Ad gallery at any one time. In essence, sell as many items as possible for SAME 6-month fee.]The Untold History of American Indians
Before the arrival of Europeans, 600 + unique Native tribes lived in eight rough geographic and cultural regions across the United States. Their cultures and languages were highly developed and diverse. Each tribe has its own history, its own stories, and its own forms of spiritual practice.
When settlers arrived, hundreds of these tribes died out over the course of a hundred years. The Europeans brought germs over that Native Americans had no immunity to. Between 1492 and the late 1500s when large numbers of settlers began to arrive, historians have estimated that up to 90% of the Native population was wiped out by the introduction of measles, smallpox, tuberculosis, and other Western diseases. Some scholars estimate that the original population of Native Americans in North America before Columbus was somewhere around 10 million people. Click Visit Website (in Contacts box) to "DIVE BACK INTO HISTORY".