1801 - 1900

-early 1800s - fought to protect their land, but were forced out of their homeland

-1830 - Trail of Tears - forced to relocate ; areas west of Mississippi River belonged to Indians, but Americans invade

-1871 - Indian Appropriation Act puts all Native Americans on reservations

-1883 - US tries to make Native Americans adopt European-American ways

History of Native Americans

1492 - 1800

-Columbus in 1492

-before 1500s - "indigenous Americans"/ Native Americans were the first to live in what is now the US

-1600s - Europeans intrude and take over majority of North America

-1776 - 1815 - separate nations between Americans and American-Indians