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Native American migration to urban areas continued to grow: 70% of Native Americans lived in urban areas in 2012, up from 45% in 1970, and 8% in 1940. Urban areas with significant Native American populations include Rapid City, Minneapolis, Oklahoma City, Denver, Phoenix, Tucson, Seattle, Chicago, Houston, and New York City. Many have lived in ...
The Mitchell Map. The Mitchell Map is a map made by John Mitchell (1711–1768), which was reprinted several times during the second half of the 18th century. The map, formally titled A map of the British and French dominions in North America &c., was used as a primary map source during the Treaty of Paris for defining the boundaries of the newly independent United States.
In the early 18th century, an estimated 2100 Cherokee people inhabited more than sixteen towns east of the Blue Ridge Mountains and across the Piedmont plains in what was then considered Indian Country. [1] [2] [page needed] [3] [notes 1] Generally, European visitors noted only the towns with townhouses. Some of their maps included lesser ...
Contemporary illustration of the 1868 Washita massacre by the 7th Cavalry against Black Kettle's band of Cheyenne, during the American Indian Wars.Violence and conflict with colonists were also important causes of the decline of certain Indigenous American populations since the 16th century.
The concept of an Indian territory was an outcome of the U.S. federal government's 18th- and 19th-century policy of Indian removal. After the American Civil War (1861–1865), the policy of the U.S. government was one of assimilation.
18th-century Native American leaders (1 C, 57 P) N. Native Americans of the Northwest Indian War (17 P) P. 18th-century Native American politicians (3 P) S.
Map of Native tribes of the Northwestern Confederacy in the Northwest Territory—including Ojibwas, Odawas, Potawatomis, Miamis, Wabash, Illinois, Lenapes (Delawares), and Shawnees The Wabash Confederacy , also referred to as the Wabash Indians or the Wabash tribes , was a number of 18th century Native American villagers in the area of the ...
The Ohio Country (Ohio Territory, [a] Ohio Valley [b]) was a name used for a loosely defined region of colonial North America west of the Appalachian Mountains and south of Lake Erie. Control of the territory and the region's fur trade was disputed in the 17th century by the Iroquois, Huron, Algonquin, other Native American tribes, and France.