Native Americans represent a diverse group of people with distinct cultures who inhabited America before the arrival of European colonists. While Native American tribes had many differences, they shared similarities as the indigenous peoples of the Americas. Today, Native Americans make up about 2% of the U.S. population and maintain their cultural identities despite centuries of European colonization that dramatically reduced their numbers and displaced many tribes from traditional lands.

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Culture Music

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Native Americans
• “Native Americans” represents a very
diverse group of people with very distinct
cultures

4. Class 4
Native Americans
• “Native Americans” represents a very
diverse group of people with very distinct
cultures
– In spite of that, we’re going to lump them
together and focus more on their similarities,
rather than their differences

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• Indigenous people of the Americas

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• Indigenous people of the Americas
– Pre-Columbian America