USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Indigenous people both north and south were displaced, died of disease, and were killed by Europeans through slavery, rape, and war. In 1491, about 145 million people lived in the western hemisphere. By 1691, the population of indigenous Americans had declined by 90–95 percent, or by around 130 million people.

Detailed explanation-2: -John Ross, the principal chief of the Cherokees, led the tribal government and majority of Cherokees opposed to removal. The “Ross Party” argued that the Cherokees should defend their legal rights as a sovereign nation under treaties going back to George Washington.

Detailed explanation-3: -The ancestors of the American Indians were nomadic hunters of northeast Asia who migrated over the Bering Strait land bridge into North America probably during the last glacial period (11, 500–30, 000 years ago). By c. 10, 000 bc they had occupied much of North, Central, and South America.

Detailed explanation-4: -What’s the problem with the term Native American? It originated from the perception of Whites, It doesn’t reflect the Indians’ names for themselves, It includes a diverse group under the same generic name. The number of Native Americans north of the Rio Grande in 1500 is estimated to have been about. 10 million.