The Indigenous people of North America are often called Native Americans—but they are not just one group of people. Before Europeans arrived in North America, tens of millions of Native Americans lived on the continent. They spoke more than a thousand languages and had many diverse cultures. However, just a few years after the arrival of Europeans, about 90 percent of Native Americans died from diseases such as smallpox, which they had no prior exposure to and therefore no immunity against.... więcej

Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2023. 3p.